The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation.

[4] Pelhřimov's municipal territory of about 95 km2 (37 sq mi) is one of the largest for a town in the Czech Republic.

The town is located about 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of Jihlava, approximately halfway between Prague and Brno.

The highest point of the municipal territory is a contour line in the southeastern part, at 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level.

The municipal territory is located in the valley of the small river Bělá, which flows through the built-up area.

In 1290, King Wenceslaus II granted Bishop Tobiáš of Bechyně a concession to renovate the town and fortify it.

In 1446–1450, Pelhřimov was chosen as the venue of land diets (parliaments or deliberative councils), which were attended by King George of Poděbrady.

They sold the estate in 1550 to Adam Říčanský of Říčany, who had built a castle adjacent to the town walls.

The burgher houses were uniformly reconstructed in the Renaissance-Baroque style and so the fires helped the town to maintain its homogeneity.

[5] A neo-Gothic synagogue was built in 1890 in Růžová street according to the design by the architect Max Fleischer.

[11] A local branch of the dairy company Madeta has been producing boxed milk in Pelhřimov since 1942.

[12] Adélka, a bakery founded in 1990, is producing baked goods and flour and employs almost 300 people.

[13] ZZN Pelhřimov, a part of the Agrofert conglomerate, produces fodder for farm animals and employs more than 250 people.

[15] During the National Revival, various patriotic associations were formed in Pelhřimov and managed to maintain their continuity to this day.

The agency operates the Museum of Records and Curiosities Pelhřimov and the Golden Czech Hands exposition.

Both indoor and outdoor tennis courts are located in the town park Městské sady.

The town square is lined by well-preserved valuable Baroque and Renaissance houses with arcades and decorated gables, and contains also Art Nouveau buildings.

The Fára's House with Baroque façade and a mansard roof was rebuilt under a project by the architect Pavel Janák in the Cubist style in 1913–1914.

Its exhibitions focuses on regional history and ethnography, town jail and torture instruments, and work of local artists Josef Šejnosta (sculptor and medalist) and his son Zdeněk Šejnosta (sculptor and restorer).

The Lower Gatehouse is a 36 metres (118 ft)-high five-storeyed construction that today houses the Museum of Records and Curiosities.

On the main altar there are statues of saints Bartholomew, Adalbert, Procopius, Vitus and Wenceslaus.

[21] The pilgrimage Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows was built in the Baroque style in 1710–1714, after several seemingly miraculous healings happenned here.