Kvasice

This village on the Morava river, about 10 km south-east of Kroměříž on the edge of the Chřiby hills, is recorded as early as the 12th century. Its dominant feature is the chateau, which grew on the site of a medieval fortified manor. In the 1580s Havel Kurovský of Vrchlabí rebuilt it as a Renaissance residence with arcades; it was given its present Neoclassical appearance in the 19th century. The chateau belongs to the municipality and serves as a home for the elderly.

In the English-style chateau park from the mid-19th century grows a black walnut about three hundred years old, winner of the Czech Tree of the Year poll in 2017. On the square stands the Baroque parish Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary from 1730–1740 with paintings by Václav Vavřinec Reiner, and in the cemetery an older Gothic church of the same dedication with a tower from 1577. South of the village, a recently restored Baroque Way of the Cross runs along a lime and horse-chestnut avenue towards Nová Dědina. Kvasice is also a starting point for the routes of the Northern Chřiby Trails.