Dašice
Dašice () is a town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,400 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Administrative parts. Villages of Malolánské, Prachovice, Velkolánské and Zminný are administrative parts of Dašice. Geography. Dašice is located about east from Pardubice. It lies of the edge of the Polabí region on the river Loučná. History. The first written mention of Dašice is from 1318. In 1437, Dašice was first referred to as a market town. In 1517, Dašice estate was acquired by  the Pernštejn family and was merged with Pardubice estate. In 1917, Dašice was promoted to a town. Sights. The historic centre is formed by the large T. G. Masaryka Square with preserved burgher houses from the turn of the 18th–19th century, characterized by late Rococo Empire facades. One of the landmarks is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. It is a Baroque basilica from 1677–1707. The historical and technical monument is the Neo-Renaissance building of the water mill, in which two Francis turbines have been working non-stop since 1922.