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

The town square and the network of streets were built in a regular shape, which is preserved to this day.

[3] In the early 14th century, Vysoké Mýto became a dowry town administered by Elizabeth Richeza of Poland.

At the end of the 19th century, Vysoké Mýto was industrialized and two big engineering and machine-building companies were founded.

[3] Until 1918, Vysoké Mýto was part of Austria-Hungary, head of the district of the same name, one of the 94 Bezirkshauptmannschaften in Bohemia.

With more than 3,000 employees, Iveco Czech Republic is the largest industrial company in the Pardubice Region.

[7] The I/35 road (part of the European route E442), which replaces the unfinished section of the D35 motorway from Olomouc to the Hradec Králové Region, passes through the town.

Vysoké Mýto lies on a railway line heading from Litomyšl to Choceň.

Today it houses the tourist information centre, the Town Gallery and an exposition on the manufacture of car bodies.

The current appearance of the church is result of purist restoration from the late 19th century.