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

After 1357, it became a royal property and it was promoted to a market town by King Charles IV.

The prosperity and development of the town ended with the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War.

Velvary is the terminus of a short local railway line heading from Kralupy nad Vltavou.

It was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century and modified in the Renaissance style in 1580–1604, as part of reconstruction after a lightning strike.

[9] The Church of All Saints is located in the western part of the town and is the only remnant of the former settlement of Malovary, which fused with Velvary in the 16th century.