place on the town square every September. Sights Since 1961, the historic core of Žatec has been protected as an urban monument reservation. It is a collection of important buildings and architectural styles from the Romanesque period to the Art Nouveau. Since 2003, the area south of the historic centre has been protected as an urban monument zone. It is valuable mainly for its technical constructions related to hop growing. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is one of the most significant monuments. it was originally built in Romanesque style and some of its Romanesque parts are still preserved. In 1724–1728, the Chapel of Saint John of Nepomuk was added. Around 1740, the west façade was reconstructed into the Baroque style. The hop-growing and brewing tradition is widely presented by the town. There are Hop Museum and Brewing Museum. The Temple of Hops and Beer is a tourist complex with several attractions, including a lookout tower and a small astronomical clock. In popular culture Žatec was used as a filming location for many historical films and TV series, including Yentl (1983), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992), Les Misérables (1998), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999), Oliver Twist (1999), Burning Bush (2013), The Zookeeper's Wife (2016), A Bag of Marbles (2017) and Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit (2019). Notable people Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415), writer Eugen Gura (1842–1906), German operatic baritone Gabriel Anton (1858–1933), Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Adolf Strauss (1902–1944), pianist and composer Maria Treben (1907–1991), Austrian author and herbalist Karel Reiner (1910–1979), composer and pianist Peter Glaser (1923–2014), Czech-American scientist and aerospace engineer Zdeněk Svěrák (born 1936), actor, humorist and scriptwriter Miroslav Varga (born 1960), sports shooter, Olympic winner Jan Svěrák (born 1965), film director Jaromír Zmrhal (born 1993), footballer Twin towns – sister cities Žatec is twinned with: Krasnystaw, Poland Poperinge, Belgium Thum, Germany Žalec, Slovenia References External links Friends of Saaz/ Žatec (in German and English) UNESCO on Žatec – the Hops Town Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Louny District