Libosad – obora, Natural monument in Jičín, Czech Republic.

Libosad – obora is a protected area in Jičín made up of four parts: a four-row linden avenue, Libosad park, the Valdice game reserve, and a Jewish cemetery with woodland along the Valdický stream. It protects the endangered hermit beetle, which lives in sunlit tree cavities, and also harbours yew, the ground beetles Carabus ullrichi and Cicindela campestris, and the dark flower chafer.

The protected area is made up of four parts: a four-row linden avenue, Libosad park, the Valdice game reserve and a Jewish cemetery with woodland along the Valdice stream. It is also a European site of community importance, listed for the hermit beetle (Osmoderma eremita).

The site contains remnants of baroque landscape architecture commissioned by Albrecht von Wallenstein, including a 1.7-kilometer linden avenue that originally connected Jičín to a summer lodge built between 1630 and 1634.

Visitors can access the monument via the red hiking trail from Valdštejn Square in Jičín, approximately 2.3 kilometers away, with nearby railway connections on the Turnov-Hradec Králové line and bus stops at Jičín-Sedličky.

The area serves as a critical habitat for the hermit beetle, whose larvae develop in tree cavities for up to four years, making it one of the few protected sites in the Czech Republic specifically designated for this rare saproxylic species.