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CASTLES AND CHATEAUX

Pražský hrad (Prague Castle)

The Cathedral of St. Vitus, the Old Royal Palace, the Basilica of St. George, the Monastery of St. George. Gardens under the castle: the Ledeburg Garden, the Small and Big Pálffy Garden etc.

Český Krumlov

In the mid-13th century the lords of Krumlov, who belonged to the important noble family of Vítkovce, founded the castle Krumlov on a steep rocky bulge above the stream of the river Vltava. In 1302 the Rosenberg family took over the castle and made it their main residential place.

Lednice

The romantic chateau Lednice is situated in the extent natural area on the embankment of the river Dyje. Originally there was a Gothic fortified settlement, mentioned already in 1222, which Prince Přemysl donated to the Lichtenstein family.

Karlštejn

Karlštejn is the most remarkable Czech castle and is one of the symbols of the Czech Kingdom. Charles IV, the Czech King and the Roman Emperor founded the castle in 1348 on three floor levels. On the lowest floor there were situated secular residential rooms housed by the emperor, his wife and his company.

Hluboká nad Vltavou

A monumental Romantic chateau; originally a Gothic castle, remodeled in the Baroque style suting the first half of the 18th century. It underwent a significant transformation in the 19th century when it was remodeled in the English Windsor-style Gothic into the official seat of the Schwarzenberg dynasty.

Konopiště

Konopiste chateau was founded as a gothic fortress after the French type (stronghold) at the end of 1294, probably by Prague Bishop Tobias of Benesov. The castle was remodeled in the Renaissance style and then rebuilt into a Baroque chateau by Vrtbas of Vrtba in the 18th century.

Křivoklát

Křivoklát is one of the oldest and most important castles of the Czech princes and kings, dating back to the 12th century.

Kroměříž

In 1110 the Bishops of Olomouc were donated Kroměříž. In the 13th century one of them, Bruno of Schauenburg had a Gothic castle built at the place of a Slavic settlement. At the turn of 15th and 16th centuries the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence with a four-wing building and a big tower.

Sychrov

A large romantic chateau of the Rohan family from the late 17th century, originally a Baroque chateau built on the place of a Gothic fortress, adjusted in Classicism, in the 19th century rebuilt in the Pseudo-Gothic style.

Český Šternberk

A Gothic castle from the mid-13th century with Baroque modifications; owned with few interruptions by the Šternberk dynasty.

Bečov nad Teplou

In the 13th century the Lords of Osek founded the castle Bečov nad Teplou on a cliff over a provincial route for its protection and collecting duties. The castle reached its peak in the late 15th century, when it belonged to the Pluh family of Rabštejn, who were engaged in gold, silver and tin mining.

Bělá pod Bezdězem

A Renaissance chateau from the turn of the 16th a 17th centuries, built on the site of a Gothic stronghold.

Benátky nad Jizerou

A complex of Renaissance a Baroque chateau buildings from the early 16th century with a church on the site of a former monastery. Sculptural decorations by Matthias Bernard Braun.

Benešov nad Ploučnicí

Complex of two chateaux from early 16th century; the so-called Lower a Upper Chateaux were built in the style of late Saxon Renaissance, which is unique in the Czech context. The chateaux were damaged in a 1969 fire a have been undergoing gradual renovation since then.

Bezděz

A monumental early-Gothic castle built by King Přemysl Otakar II in the second half of the 13th century. Later, Albrecht of Wallenstein converted it to a Montserrat Benedictine monastery. The castle was abandoned in the 18th century.

Bítov

An extensive complex of an originally Gothic castle, founded in the 11th century a remodeled in Neo-Gothic style in the 19th century.

Blansko

Originally a Gothic stronghold, remodeled at the end of the 16th century as a Renaissance chateau, with later Empire a neo-Renaissance adaptations.

Blatná

Originally a Gothic water castle from the 13th century, built on the site of an earlier Romanesque structure. Significantly altered in 1523-30 in a reconstruction by Benedikt Ried; later adapted in Baroque, a finally, neo-Gothic style.

Boskovice Castle and Boskovice Chateau

The ruins of an extensive castle, originally Gothic, later remodeled in the Renaissance style. Apart from the ruins with massive battlements, visitors can view an exhibit on the history a architectural development of the castle.

Bouzov

An originally Gothic castle from early 14th century, remodeled in the Romantic style at the turn of the 19th a 20th centuries for the Archduke Eugen von Habsburg.

Brandýs nad Labem

Originally a medieval castle dating back to the early 14th century, expanded during the Gothic era, later adapted in the Renaissance style for Ferdinand I. It subsequently underwent a Baroque reconstruction and, later yet, was “re-gothicized” for the Grand Dukes of Tuscany.

Bruntál

An originally Gothic castle converted during the Renaissance a Baroque eras into a chateau. Historical interiors are decorated with paintings (chateau halls a rooms, picture gallery, library, armory, etc.) a include valuable furniture as well as the sacral objects belonging to the Bruntál deanery.

Březnice

Originally a water keep, converted in the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau. A renaissance garden, a herb garden, and an English park surround the buildings.

Bučovice

A Renaissance chateau from the second half of the 16th century featuring a courtyard with arcades. Later it was adapted in the Baroque style a decorated with elaborate stucco in Mannerist a Baroque styles.

Budišov

Renaissance chateau from the end of the 16th century on the site of a former Gothic keep, remodeled in Baroque style.

Budyně nad Ohří

Originally a Gothic water castle from late 13th century remodeled in the Renaissance style a further adapted in the Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century.

Buchlov

Originally a royal castle built in the Gothic a Renaissance styles, dating back to the first half of the 13th century. Some of the interiors have been adapted in the Baroque style. Visitors can view the gallery, the opening historical exhibit, an early-Gothic chapel, a so-called “black kitchen”, a library, the Knights’ Hall, residential quarters, and other rooms.

Buchlovice

A Baroque chateau from the 17th century built in the manner of an Italian villa. Baroque terraced gardens, English park with rare trees a shrubs – an important dendrological collection.

Častolovice

Renaissance chateau on the site of a former Gothic water keep, dating back to the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, remodeled in the neo-Gothic style in the 19th century.

Čechy pod Kosířem

Originally a Baroque chateau from the second half of the 17th century on the site of a former Renaissance keeps, remodeled in late-Classicist style.

Čelákovice

Originally a mediaeval keeps; remodeled in the Renaissance style at the end of the 16th century with further significant early 20th century modifications.

Červená Lhota

A Romantic Renaissance water chateau from the first half of the 16th century built on the site of a former Gothic keep, modified in the pseudo-Renaissance style in the early 20th century.

Červený Hrádek near Jirkov

A Baroque chateau with an arcaded courtyard from the second half of the 17th century located on the site of a former Gothic castle. The interiors are currently being renovated a will be gradually made accessible to the public. The exhibition focuses on military history; there is also an art gallery.

Chanovice

Originally a Gothic stronghold built by the Chanovský family of Dlouhá Ves, later remodeled into a Baroque chateau. The garden features a 19th-century gazebo.

Cheb

An extensive Romanesque castle a imperial seat founded by the German Hohenstauf dynasty in the 12th century. The castle fortifications were radically altered into a Baroque fortress.

Chlumec nad Cidlinou

An early 18th-century Baroque chateau built for Count F.F. Kinsky by the architect F.M. Kaňka based upon a plan by J.B. Santini. In 1943 the castle burned down, its renovation was completed in 1968.

Choceň

Originally a Renaissance chateau, remodeled in the Baroque style, renovated after the fire of 1829. In 1850 a pseudo-Gothic chapel was added. The museum focuses on the history of the region, as well as its archaeology, paleontology, a geology.

Choltice

Originally a Renaissance chateau on the site of a Gothic stronghold, destroyed in 1634. A Baroque chateau was built here between 1683 a 1695. The park and a game reserve boast several rare tree species.

Chotěboř

An early-Baroque, Italian-style chateau on the site of a Gothic stronghold; modified in the 19th century, following a fire in 1926.

Choustník

Ruins of an extensive 13th-century castle. The castle was expanded by the Rožmberks after 1430; in 1614, it is referred to as abandoned.

Chrast

Originally a Renaissance chateau, expanded in the Baroque era. From 1664 it served as the summer residence of the bishops of Hradec Králové. The museum collections include exhibits from the fields of natural history, local history, archaeology a arts a crafts.

Chropyně

A Renaissance chateau on the site of an older keep, linked to the legend on the good King Ječmínek. The castle was remodeled in the 17th century for František Ditrichštejn, the Bishop of Olomouc, a further refurbished in the 19th century.

Chudenice

A late-Baroque chateau on the site of a Gothic stronghold, expanded at the end of the 16th century; part of the fortifications with bastions has been preserved.

Dačice

Originally a Renaissance chateau remodeled in the Baroque and Empire styles, surrounded by an extensive English park. The historical Empire interiors feature painted panel ceilings and inlaid wood floors, a hall of mirrors, a library with Art Nouveau elements, and a unique set of Empire-style furnishings.

Dobříš

An extensive Rococo chateau in the French style, with an ambitiously designed French-style garden and an English park.

Doudleby

Late-Renaissance chateau with rich graffiti ornamentation on the site of a former medieval keeps, later remodeled in the Baroque style. The courtyard is faced by arcades as well as a brick loggia. The chateau is surrounded by an English park. Its historical interiors feature rich stucco a painted ornamentation.

Dřevčice

A massive two-winged Gothic keep located in the eponymous village; fist mention dates back as far as 1051. Remodeled in 1630, remodeled into a granary in the 18th century. The keep complex is surrounded by a wall with a Baroque gate.

Duchcov

A Baroque chateau on the site of a Gothic stronghold, remodeled in the Classicist style, including the ducal garden and an English park. The pavilion is decorated with a restored fresco by V.V. Reiner.

Frýdek

Originally a 14th century castle, remodeled in the Renaissance style and expanded in the Baroque era. The interiors are largely Classicist, with elements of various pseudo-styles (e.g., the Kinghts’ Hall decorated with the insignia of Silesian nobility.)

Frýdlant

The complex in Frýdlant is interesting by harmonious unification of two architectural objects – a medieval castle and a Renaissance chateau. The castle was built in the 13th century on a strategic place in order to protect the crossroad of trade routes. Its oldest part is so called Old Castle or Upper Castle with nearly fifty metres high tower, which served as an orientation point or a lighthouse and has preserved up to these days.

Frýdštejn

The ruin of a 14th-century Gothic castle dominated by a cylindrical tower a rooms carved into solid rock. Used as a witches’ home in a Czech film fairy tale.

Grabštejn

Originally a Gothic castle from the mid-13th century, remodeled a expanded in the Renaissance style, with a dominant cylindrical tower (the so-called Old Castle). Below the castle is the so-called New Chateau, remodeled from a Renaissance into a Classicist building.

Hasištejn

The ruin of a Gothic castle from the early 14th century. Referred to as “abandoned” since 1622. Currently under renovation, partially open.

Házmburk (Klapý)

The ruin of a castle with a typical two-tower silhouette, founded in the 13th century, probably by the Lichtenburk family. At the turn of the 14th a 15th centuries, the complex was enlarged by the Podcastelí village with a church, which disappeared in the 16th century when the castle was abandoned.

Helfenburg (Hrádek) near Úštěk

The romantic ruin of a 14th-century Gothic castle built upon a rocky cliff, significantly expanded by Archbishop Jan of Jenšetjn. Abandoned after 1591. The tower was restored at the end of the 19th century.

Helfenburg near Bavorov

Extensive ruins of a 14th-century Gothic castle, once belonging to the Rožmberk dynasty. The castle complex is surrounded by fortification mounds, moats, massive battlements and cannon bastions.

Helfštýn

Extensive ruins of what was once the largest castle in Moravia (founded in the 13th century, expanded especially throughout the 15th a 16th centuries; abandoned in 1763.)

Hodonín

A Baroque hunters’ chateau, built in place of an older, dilapidated chateau. Prior to that, there was a castle here built on the site of a former guardsmen’s keep from the 11th century. A permanent exhibition on the life a work of T.G. Masaryk, Czechoslovakia’s first president.

Horažďovice

A Renaissance chateau with Baroque modifications, located on the site of a Gothic castle with a prism-shaped tower and Renaissance arcades in the yard. The garden features a gazebo.

Horní Branná

A Renaissance chateau with graffiti decoration, built between 1533 a 1582 for the nobleman Zdeněk of Wallenstein. The eastern front of the chateau still bears the Latin-Czech inscriptions and the builders’ coats of arms dating back to 1582.

Horšovský Týn

Originally an early-Gothic bishop’s castle, remodeled in the 16th century into a formal Renaissance chateau, with an extensive English park.

Hořovice

A Baroque chateau once belonging to the Lords of Vrbno and Bruntál, built at the beginning of the 18th century; later Classicist alterations were carried out in the second half of the 19th century by the Hanavský princes of Hessen, Germany.

Hradec nad Moravicí

The “White Chateau” was originally a royal Przemyslid castle from the beginning of the 11th century; later it underwent a Renaissance and a Baroque restoration and Empire-style modifications. The neo-Gothic “Red Chateau”, an entrance gate and the White Tower were added in the 19th century.

Hrádek u Nechanic

A 19th-century formal Romantic chateau built in the Windsor Gothic style by František Adam Harrach. The historical interior boast original rich decorations, fine details of architectural craft, furnishings, and art collections.

Hrubý Rohozec

Originally a 13-th century Gothic castle remodeled into a Renaissance chateau, later adapted in the early Baroque and Classicist styles. Elements of 19th-century Romanticism are evident especially in the styling of the interiors; there is an adjoining English park.

Hukvaldy

An extensive ruin of a Gothic castle from the 13th century, expanded during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, currently undergoing large-scale renovations. Below the castle, visitors will find a game reserve dating back to the 16th century.

Humprecht

An early Baroque hunting chateau built for Humprecht Jan Černín of Chudenice in the second half of the 16th century according to architectural plans by Carlo Lurago. After the fire of 1678, the structure was vertically enlarged and modified.

Ivančice

A renaissance chateau on the site of a former Gothic castle. In the 17th century it was converted into a utility building; in the 18th century it was used as barracks, and in the 19th century, a military hospital.

Janův Hrad

A Romantic imitation of a castle ruin from 1807, the first of many follies erected in the Lednice-Valtice area by J.I. Liechtenstein.

Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou

Originally a Renaissance chateau on the site of a Gothic water keep from the late 15th century, remodeled as an extensive Baroque chateau complex with a parish Church of St. Margaret, complemented by a French garden and an English park.

Javorník – Jánský vrch

Originally a mediaeval castle, the property of the bishops of Wroclaw; significantly altered at the end of the 15th century; the fortifications were modernized at the beginning of the 17th century.

Jemniště

A Baroque chateau built according to a design by F.M. Kaňka for František Adam of Trautmansdorf at the beginning of the 18th century. After a 1754 fire it was renovated in the rococo style. Complemented by an English park.

Jenštejn

The ruin of a Gothic castle from the beginning of the 14th century, linked to the personality of Archbishop Jan of Jenštejn. The castle was destroyed by the Swedish army in 1641.

Jeseník

A Gothic water keep, converted in the 18th century into a chateau, accessible through a stone bridge over the former water moat. The museum exhibition focuses on the history of spas and geology.

Jevišovice – The Old Chateau

A remarkable chateau complex; originally a Gothic castle belonging to the Lords of Kunštát dating back to the turn of the 13th/14th century, later expanded in the late Gothic style, remodeled in the Renaissance style, with later Baroque alternations.

Jezeří

The ruins of an early baroque chateau of the Lobkowicz family, originally a Gothic castle from the second half of the 14th century, remodeled in the Renaissance style with an adjoining nature park.

Jičín

An extensive formal early-Baroque chateau from the 17th century whose history is linked to the historical figure of Albrecht of Wallenstein, with later Classicist details.

Jilemnice

Originally a Renaissance chateau on the site of a Gothic stronghold; burned down in 1646 by the Swedes, renovated in 1716 by the Harrach family. Remodeled in the pseudo-Renaissance style at the end of the 19th century.

Jindřichův Hradec

An extensive Renaissance residence with a mediaeval core; damaged in a 1773 fire, restored at the beginning of the 20th century. Between 1976 a 1994 the chateau underwent extensive renovations. A Renaissance garden.

Kaceřov

A uniquely intact Renaissance chateau once belonging to Florian Grysperk of Grysbach, built after 1539 on the site of a former mediaeval tower keep by architect Paolo della Stella and Bonifác Wolmut. In the period following the Battle on the White Mountain (1620), the chateau was held by the Cistercian monks from the Plasy monastery. Adapted for utilitarian purposes as a granary.

Kačina

An extensive chateau built as a summer residence for Count J. R. Chotek at the beginning of the 19th century. It is the most significant monument of Empire architecture in Bohemia.

Kámen

Originally a Gothic castle, first mentioned in 1316; remodeled in the 17th and 19th centuries. Today’s appearance is the result of a major renovation from the 1970s.

Kašperk

The ruins of a Gothic castle dating back to the 14th century, founded by Emperor Charles IV. Abandoned in the 17th century, partially restored in the 19th century.

Kladno

A Baroque chateau from mid-18th century on the site of a medieval keep, built for Benno Loebl, abbot of the Břevnov monastery.

Kladruby nad Labem

National horse breeding farm Kladruby nad Labem, state enterprise. A period chateau interior featuring imperial rooms. Historical stables.

Klášterec nad Ohří

Originally a Renaissance chateau dating from the first half of the 16th century, remodeled several times and adapted in the Romantic style.

Klenová

The ruins of a Gothic castle from the 13th century, expanded in the Renaissance by Jiří Harant of Polžice, and a chateau built in the 17th century. In the 19th century it received a pseudo-Gothic makeover. A Baroque granary is on the grounds.

Klobouky u Brna

Originally a Renaissance chateau, remodeled during the first half of the 18th century in the Baroque style, with later Classicist alterations.

Kokořín

Castle dating back to the 14th century, abandoned in the 17th century. The ruins were restored in the Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century.

Kost

One of the best-preserved Gothic castle in Bohemia, dating from the second half of the 14th century, expanded during the Renaissance. After a fire in 1635, the palace was converted into a granary; the castle was used for utilitarian purposes.

Košumberk

Complex of castle and chateau ruins. The castle dating back to the early 14th century was later remodeled into a Renaissance chateau for the Slavatas of Chlumu (and Košumberk). In the 18th century, it belonged to the Jesuit order.

Kozel

Classicist hunting chateau built at the end of the 18th century for Jan Vojtěch Černín of Chudenice. Extensive English park.

Kozí Hrádek

Remains of a 14th century castle. The religious reformer Jan Hus spent two years here between 1412 a 1414. referred to as abandoned at the end of the 15th century, probably as a result of a 1438 fire.

Krakovec

The ruin of a castle from the late 14th century, built by the royal foundry for Jíra of Roztoky, the Burgrave of Křivoklát. Destroyed in a 1783 fire.

Kralice nad Oslavou

Remains of a Gothic stronghold, remodeled by the Žerotín family in Renaissance style; in the 16th century it was secretly used by the Moravian Brethren to house a printing press.

Krásný Dvůr

A Baroque chateau from the early 18th century built according to a plan by F. M. Kaňka on the site of an originally Gothic, later Renaissance keep. Extensive English park with a number of Romantic structures.

Kratochvile

Renaissance summer chateau in the style of Italian Renaissance villas, built by Bartasare Maggi of Arogno towards the end of the 16th century. Later Baroque modifications.

Kravaře ve Slezsku

A High Baroque chateau built between 1721 and 1728 on the site of an earlier Renaissance structure. Burned down in 1937, restored 1955-70. Extensive park.

Kuks

A Baroque baths and hospital complex with a church and a crypt, built by Count F.A. Sporck at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Sculptural decoration by M. B. Braun; a garden and a cemetery.

Kunětická hora

The ruins of a castle founded by Diviš Bořek of Miletín in the early 15th century; a grandiose late-Gothic remodeling was carried out by the Pernštejns. In 1645 the castle was burned down. It was partially restored at the beginning of the 20th century according to a design by architect Dušan Jurkovič.

Kunštát

Interiors with period furnishings and collections. Seat of he Moravian Land Archives of Brno.

Kutná Hora – Hrádek

A Gothic castle in the form of a fortified urban palace with a courtyard, a tower and oriels, remodeled at the end of the 15th century.

Kutná Hora – Italian Court

Originally a fortified royal seat, converted in 1300 into a mint. During the reign of Wenceslas IV a new palace was added, as well as a chapel with an oriel and a tower. In the 19th century, the complex was partially remodeled in the pseudo-Gothic style.

Kyjov

A Renaissance chateau dating from the first half of the 16th century, expanded in the Baroque era, restored in 1911. The facade is decorated with pseudo-Renaissance sgraffiti.

Kynžvart

Originally an Early Baroque chateau rebuilt in 1820-1833 in the style of Viennese Classicism by the building master Pietro Nobile for the chancellor Klement Václav Lothar, the Duke von Matternich-Winneburg. There is a large English park with precious trees and romantic buildings.

Landštejn

A sizeable castle with Romanesque centre from the early 13th century, enlarged in the Late Gothic and Renaissance styles. It was burnt down in 1771 and was deserted.

Lanškroun

Originally an Augustinian monastery from the 14th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, enlarged in the Baroque style.

Lány

Originally a small hunting chateau, built for Rudolph II in 1592 on the place of a medieval fort. Rebuilt by the Wallenstein family in 1730. In 1747-52 to the residential part attached a self-standing chapel.

Ledeč nad Sázavou

Originally a Gothic castle from the second half of the 13th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style, adjusted in the 17th century and restored after the fire in 1879.

Lemberk

A picturesque, originally Gothic castle of the Markvartic family from the mid-13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, adjustments in the Baroque style. Renaissance and Baroque interiors – a kitchen, a chapel, an office room.

Lešná

Originally a Late Baroque chateau, demolished in 1887. On its place a new Romantic chateau in pseudo-style was built. An English park, a ZOO with a deer park.

Liběchov

Originally a round water fort from the 14th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style, enlarged by a High Baroque chateau under the guidance by F.M.Kaňka. At the turn of the 18th and the 19th centuries the chateau was reconstructed in the Classicist style.

Libochovice

A Renaissance chateau from the second half of the 16th century, early Baroque adjustments (by A.Porta), built on the place of a Gothic fort. A French garden, an English park.

Líčkov

A Baroque chateau, rebuilt in the Rococo style. Originally a small Gothic castle from the 14th century (the cylinder spire has preserved), rebuilt into a chateau in the Renaissance. Its recent outlook was created after the reconstruction in 1765.

Lichnice

A ruin of an originally Early Gothic castle from the first half of the 13th century, enlarged in the 15th century, rebuilt in the 16th century. It was demolished after the Thirty Years War and deserted.

Lipnice nad Sázavou

A sizeable castle, founded in early 14th century, rebuilt in the Late Gothic style; Renaissance and Baroque adjustments.

Litice

A ruin of a Gothic castle founded in the late 13th century, rebuilt in the Late Gothic style for George of Poděbrady, the Bohemian King. In 1657 mentioned as deserted.

Litomyšl

A representative Renaissance chateau, built according to the project by J.B.Avostalis for Vratislav of Pernštejn on the place of an older castle and a monastery. After the fire in 1775 the interiors were rebuilt in the Classicist style. A garden and a park. Exterior graffiti decoration.

Litvínov

A Baroque chateau built for Jan Josef Wallenstein in the early 18th century at the place of a medieval fort. Rebuilt mainly in the 19th century.

Loket

A picturesque Gothic royal castle, founded in the 13th century on the place of an older Romanesque building, enlarged in the period of the reign of Wenceslas IV and rebuilt in the 16th century. In the 19th century partially demolished, a prison set up here, since 1898 a town museum.

Loučeň

A Baroque Chateau from the 18th century. Arnošt, Count of Valdštejn, builds the Loučeň Chateau according to the design of F.M. Kaňka. At the beginning of the 19th century Thurn-Taxis family acquires Loučeň Castle and the appurtenant demesnes.

Louňovice pod Blaníkem

An Early Baroque, originally an archbishopric chateau with a Renaissance centre, built on the place of a Gothic citadel in the 17th century.

Lužany

Stylish interior from the period of architect Josef Hlávka.

Lysice

Originally a medieval citadel from the late 15th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau. Enlarged in the Baroque style, Classicist adjustments. A terraced garden with a column colonnade.

Malenovice

A preserved Gothic castle with jacket wall from the early 14th century, enlarged in the second half of the 15th century. Interior adjustments in the 16th century. The forecastle building rebuilt in the Renaissance style.

Manětín

Originally a Renaissance chateau from the 16th century, rebuilt after the fire in the Baroque style. The building of the chateau is connected with the rectory Church of St .Jan the Baptist by a roofed corridor. The terraces in front of the chateau decorated with Baroque sculptures and fountains. A park.

Mělník

A representative Renaissance chateau. Originally a princely castle, rebuilt in the Gothic style, in the 16th century rebuilt in the Renaissance style according to the project by J.B.Aostallis; Baroque adjustments. Since 1753 owned by the Lobkowicz family.

Michalovice u Mladé Boleslavi

A ruin of a Gothic castle from the 13th century, deserted in the 16th century. Its characteristic is an inclined tower called Putna (Tub), sapped during treasure searching in the 19th century.

Mikulov

The castle of the Lichtenstein family on the place of an original fortified settlement from the 11th century, since the 13th till the 16th century enlarged into a sizeable fort, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau. After the fire in 1719 rebuilt in the Baroque style; Classicist adjustments. In 1945 burnt down, gradually reconstructed.

Milotice

Originally a Renaissance chateau from the second half of the 16th century, built on the place of a medieval citadel, rebuilt in Baroque. After the fire in 1705 restored. A French garden, an English park, an Orangerie, a pheasantry.

Mladá Boleslav

A Gothic, originally princely castle from the 10th century, enlarged in the Late Gothic period and a Renaissance layout. Demolished in 1648. In the 18th century rebuilt by I.Palliardi into barracks, restored in the 19th century. In the last period demanding reconstruction.

Mnichovo Hradiště

Originally a Renaissance chateau of Václav Budovec of Budov, built on the place of a Gothic citadel, in the early 17th century rebuilt by the Wallenstein family into a large Baroque complex according to the project by M.A.Canevalle. A French garden, an English park. In the Chapel of St. Anna are buried the remains of Albrech of Wallenstein (of Valdštejn).

Moravský Krumlov

Originally a Gothic castle from the late 13th century, rebuilt into an extent Renaissance chateau, adjusted in the 18th and the 19th century. A Renaissance arcade staircase courtyard.

Náchod

A large chateau complex. Originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau , in the 16th century enlarged in the Baroque style for Octavio Piccolomini. A French garden and a park. Chateau bears.

Náměšť na Hané

The so called Upper Chateau, late Baroque of the French style from the second half of the 18th century, surrounded by a circular fenced park. Linden valleys run in four directions from the park.

Náměšť nad Oslavou

A Renaissance chateau of the Žirotín family, Baroque adjustments, originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century. In 1946 it was adapted for the needs of President E.Beneš.

Nebílovy

Originally a Renaissance chateau, rebuilt in 1706 into a Baroque chateau by the master-builder J.Auguston probably according to the project by imperial architect J.L.Hildebrandt. Adjusted for the Černín family after 1715 and in the years 1784-89.

Nelahozeves

A Late Renaissance chateau of Florian Gryspek of Gryspach, since 1623 owned by the Lobkowicz family (except for the years 1950-1992). During the Thirty Years War damaged, adjusted to an army hospital and boarding house. Reconstructed in the 60-ies and the 70-ies of the 20th century.

Nové Hrady

A large Gothic castle of the Rosenberg family (Rožmberk f.), damaged by the Hussites and by the fire in 1467, restored in the first half of the 16th century, another strong damage by the explosion of gun powder in 1573 and by the earthquake in 1605.

Nové Město na Moravě

Originally a Gothic citadel, rebuilt in the late 16th century into a Renaissance chateau. After the fire in 1723 the chateau rebuilt and enlarged in the Baroque style. After 1884 Pseudo-Classicist adjustments.

Nové Město nad Metují

A Renaissance chateau, adjusted in the Early Baroque style, constructed in the 17th century according to the project by C.Lugar on the place of an older residence, restored in 1909-1913 by D.Jurkovič under the assistance of P.Janák for magnates Josef and Cyril Bartoň of Dobenín. A French and an Italian chateau garden.

Nový Hrad u Blanska

A ruin of a Gothic castle. Originally large fortifications from the year 1493, 200 metres from the older heart of the castle, called Starý hrad (Old Castle). In 1645 Nový hrad (New Castle) conquered by the Swedish. In the early 19th century rebuilt in the Pseudo-Gothic style into a hunting little castle.

Nový Hrádek u Lukova

A large ruin of a Gothic castle from the second half of the 14th century, consisting of an older rare castle and a front castle, built from the original fortifications. In the 16th century enlarged in the Renaissance style, in 1645 conquered by the Swedish, demolished and deserted. In the 18th century a part of the front castle rebuilt into a hunting chateau.

Nový Jičín

A Renaissance chateau of the Žerotín family in the town housing area, built on the place of a Gothic house, enlarged in the 15th century, in the 16th century rebuilt as a town hall. After the fire in 1678 restored, later the fortification was removed, and on its place set up a park. Reconstructed in 1959-64.

Nový Světlov

A Pseudo-Gothic romantic chateau. Originally a Late Gothic castle, enlarged and fortified in Renaissance. In 1846-56 rebuilt in the style of Romantic Gothic. A garden and an English park. Reconstructed for the needs of a chateau hotel (closed).

Ohrada

A Baroque hunting chateau of the Schwarzenberg family. In 1842 founded the Museum of Forests and Hunting, one of the oldest in Bohemia. The history of forestry, hunting, fishing and pisciculture.

Okoř

An extent ruin of a Gothic castle from the 14th century, rebuilt in the Late Gothic and renaissance. Deserted in the late 18th century. The complex of the castle ruin with a characteristic torso of a prismatic tower with remains of an Early Gothic chapel with a semi-round bastion. In case of danger the moat around the castle could have been flooded.

Olomouc

A complex of a princely castle from the early 12th century, rebuilt after the fire in 1204 into a Romanesque stone castle, after the murders of the Przemyslid family left to the bishops as a capitulary residence. The castle including the cathedral rebuilt and enlarged by Bruno of Schauenburk. In the 17th and 18th centuries the preserved parts of the castle were composed into the clerical buildings.

Opočno

The complex of the Opočno Chateau was founded on the place of medieval fortified settlement, which according to the Kosmas´ Chronicle was situated on the old merchant path since the year 1068. The castle was conquered and devastated in 1425 during the Hussite wars.

Orlík

Originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, enlarged in the Renaissance style. After the fire in 1802 reconstructed for the Schwarzenberg family, in the mid-19th century rebuilt in the Pseudo-Gothic style.

Orlík nad Humpolcem

A castle ruin from the 14th century, enlarged in the 15th and the 16th century, deserted in the 17th century. The ruin conserved in 1913-1918.

Ostředek

A Baroque chateau built on the place of a Gothic citadel, with the chateau Chapel of St. Jan Nepomucký from 1741. The birthplace of writer Svatopluk Čech (1846-1908) with a permanent exposition about his life and work.

Pardubice

On the place of a citadel, rebuilt in the 14th century into a Gothic water castle, a large Renaissance chateau of the Pernštejn family, reconstructed in the Baroque style by F.M.Kaňka. After 1920 the dilapidated chateau restored by the Museum Union. In the recent years demanding restoration.

Pecka

A Gothic castle from the early 14th century adjusted in the Late Gothic style, later in the Renaissance style and enlarged during the period of Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice. The decaying castle deserted after the fire in 1830. Gradually restored.

Pelhřimov

A Baroque chateau, originally a Renaissance chateau, built by Adam of Říčany on the periphery of the town fortifications. In the second half of the 17th century adapted to the city hall, in the 18th century rebuilt in the Late Baroque style.

Pernštejn

Pernštejn is one of the best-preserved Gothic-Renaissance forts in Europe. Its foundation dates back to the mid-13th century. It was the residence of the Lords of Pernštejn, who played a significant role in the political events of the Czech Kingdom for centuries.

Písek

Originally a Gothic royal castle from the 14th century, gradually rebuilt into a town hall and a brewery, in the 18th century a Baroque town hall and barracks built. The other parts demolished, except for the preserved western wing.

Ploskovice

A Baroque chateau built in 1720-25 according to the project by O.Broggi for Ann Mary the Tuscan on the place of a Gothic citadel. Rebuilt in the mid-19th century into a summer residence of the pensioned Austrian Emperor Ferdinand V.

Plumlov

An unfinished building of a sizeable representative Baroque chateau of the Lichtenstein family from the second half of the 17th century, built in the complex of a demolished Renaissance chateau of the Pernštejn family, originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, damaged during the Thirty Years War.

Poděbrady

A Gothic castle from the late 13th century, connected with the personality of the Czech King Jiří of Kunštát and Poděbrady, rebuilt into a Renaissance castle, adjusted in the Baroque style.

Polná

Originally a Gothic castle from the mid-13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, adjusted in the Baroque style. After the fire in 1794 deserted and demolished. Partly renovated in 1922-26 for the needs of a museum under the assistance of architect K.Hilbert.

Potštejn

An extent ruin of a Gothic castle founded by the Drslavic family in the late 13th century. In the 16th century rebuilt and enlarged by Vilém of Pernštejn, in the 17th century deserted.

Prague – The Trója Chateau

A Baroque chateau, built in the 17th century on the right bank of the river Vltava in the outskirts of Prague with a French garden.

Průhonice

A Pseudo-Renaissance chateau of the Sylva-Tarrouc family from the late 19th century on the place of an original Gothic castle, rebuilt in the 16th century into a chateau, enlarged in the 18th and the 19th centuries.

Přerov

Originally a Gothic castle, rebuilt by the Pernštejn family into a Renaissance chateau in the second half of the 16th century, enlarged by the Žerotín family in the early 17th century, in 1927-1930 renovated for the needs of a museum. During the reconstruction the tower was elevated by 22 metres.

Příbram

Originally a citadel, built in the 14th century for Bishop Arnošt of Pardubice, newly fortified in the early 15th century by Zbyněk Zajíc of Házmburk. Desolated in 1576, renovated in 1670 and enlarged into a chateau.

Přibyslav

Originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau for Zachariáš of Hradec, enlarged in the 18th century. Later adjusted, mainly in the Classicist style.

Rabí

An extent ruin of a castle originated in the early 14th century. Gradually enlarged up to the 16th century, mainly for Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk, under the assistance of the master-builder Benedikt Ried. In the 18th century deserted. The biggest castle ruin in Bohemia.

Raduň

Originally a Gothic citadel, rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau. In the years 1816-1822 adapted in the Classicist style. Historizing adjustments realized since the second half of the 19th century up to the 20-ies of the 20th century. An English park, an Empire Orangery.

Radyně

An expressive ruin of the castle, founded in the mid-14th century, initiated by Charles IV (Karlskrone). Deserted in the 16th century. A tower with a view.

Rájec nad Svitavou

A Classicist chateau of the French type, built in the 18th century for the Salm-Reiffersscheidt family according to the project by M.A.Canevale in the neighbourhood of a burnt down Renaissance chateau.

Ratibořice

A Baroque chateau, adjusted in the Empire style, from the beginning of the 18th century, built on the place of a Gothic fortress, connected with the personage of Princess Kateřina Vilemína Zaháňská.

Rosice

A Renaissance chateau of the Žerotín family, adapted in Baroque, built on the place of a Gothic castle from the 14th century. A unique relief decoration of the arcades in the courtyard.

Rotštejn

A Gothic castle of the Lords of Hradec from the14th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style into a hunting residence. A game-park in the surrounding.

Roztoky

Originally a Gothic water fortress, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, in the mid-16th century adjusted in the Baroque and Pseudo-Gothic style. In 1957-61 reconstructed. A park.

Rožmberk

A complex of two Rožmberk castles, the so-called Upper castle from the 13th century and deserted in the 16th century, and the Lower castle from the 14th century, enlarged in the Renaissance style, adjusted in Baroque, in the 19th century completely rebuilt in the Pseudo-Gothic style into a residence of the Buquoy family.

Růžkovy Lhotice

A Baroque chateau from the 18th century built on the place of a Gothic fortress. In he first half of the 19th century owned by the father of Bedřich Smetana. In the years 1973-1984 reconstructed for the museum purposes.

Rychnov nad Kněžnou

An Early Baroque chateau of the Kolowrat family, adjusted and enlarged according to the project by J. Santini in the 18th century. A French park.

Rýzmberk

A ruin of a Gothic castle of the Švihovský family of Rýzmberk from the 13th century, gradually enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries (fortifications with bastions).

Sázava

Originally a monastery with Slavic liturgy, originated in 1032. Since the early 12th century the Benedictine monastery. Burnt down by the Hussites, revived in the 16th century, in the 17th century rebuilt in the Baroque style. The monastery abolished by Joseph II, in the 19th century rebuilt into a Pseudo-Renaissance chateau.

Seeberg

Originally a Romanesque castle from the 13th century, enlarged in the Gothic style, later adjusted several times. During the Thirty Years Was it was plundered and deserted, in the early 20th century restored.

Slatiňany

A romantic chateau of the Auersperk family, originally a Gothic fortress rebuilt in the mid-16th century into a Renaissance chateau according to the project by O. Avostalis, adjusted in the Pseudo-gothic style. An English park with rare trees and a free-range for horses.

Slavkov

A representative Baroque chateau of the Kounic family from the second half of the 18th century, constructed according to the project by D. Martinelli on the place of a Gothic fortress. In the year 1945 it was damaged, later gradually renovated including the French garden. An English park.

Sloup

Remains of a rock castle of the Ronovec family, originated in the early 14th century and burnt down in 1639 by the Swedish. In 1670-1785 the dilapidated castle became a place for the hermits, who adjusted it to their needs. Joseph II abolished the hermitage and the Kinský family reconstructed the castle into a romantic summer residence.

Sokolov

On the place of a water fortress from the 13th century and a Late Gothic castle of the Šlik family built a Renaissance chateau of the Nostitz family, rebuilt in the Classicist style.

Sovinec

An extent castle complex with a complicated architectural development since the 14th till the 17th century. Since 1624 owned by the Order of the German Knights.

Staré Hrady

A complex of a Gothic fortress of Smil Flaška of Pardubice from the second half of the 14th century, a Renaissance chateau of the Pruskovský family and the Gothic Church of St. John the Baptist.

Starý Jičín

A ruin of a large castle, founded in the 13th century, enlarged in the Renaissance period by the Žerotín family. Deserted in the 18th century.

Strakonice

A Gothic castle, originated in the late 12th century by the Bavor family of Strakonice. In 1243 a part of the castle was donated to the Order of the knights of St. John. Enlarged in the late Gothic, adjusted in the Renaissance and baroque style.

Strážnice

Originally a Gothic castle from the turn of the 13th and the 14th centuries, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau of the Žirotín family, enlarged in the Baroque style (the fortifications), adjusted in the Late Classicism for F.A.Magnis. Recent adaptations for the museum purposes. An English park.

Studénka

A Baroque chateau from the mid-18th century, called New Chateau, in the neighbourhood of the so-called Old Chateau, originally a Gothic fortress rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau. In the 19th century both the chateaus adjusted in the Pseudo-Gothic style. The New chateau adapted to the museum purposes.

Svojanov

Originally a royal castle from the 13th century belonging to Přemysl Otakar II, enlarged in the 15th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style and after the fire in 1842 reconstructed in Empire.

Špilberk

Originally a royal castle, founded in the 13th century, rebuilt in the 17th century into a sizeable Baroque fort. Till 1945 there was a prison and barracks.

Šternberk

A sizeable castle founded by the Sternberg family in the 13th century, gradually enlarged in the Renaissance style and adapted in Baroque; after the Prussian-Austrian wars renovated by the Lichtenstein family in the style of Romantic Historism. A park.

Štramberk-Trůba

A ruin of a castle from the 14th century, renovated at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries according to the project by K.Hilbert.

Švihov

A Late Gothic water castle of Půta Švahovský of Rýzmberk from the late 15th century, constructed according to the project by Benedict Ried. After the Thirty Years War changed into a granary, in the 19th century deserted.

Tábor – the Kotnov Castle

Remains of a Gothic castle founded by Přemysl Otakar II in the second half of the 16th century. During the Hussite era connected with the town by common fortifications. The castle was damaged in the 16th century, partly rebuilt into a brewery in the 17th century, other parts gradually destroyed by new reconstructions.

Telč

A large Renaissance chateau complex from the 17th century, originally a Gothic castle of the Lords of Hradec, built mainly according to the project by B.Maggi of Arogne. A garden and a park.

Teplice

Originally a Gothic fortress, built on the place of a Benedictine convent originated by Queen Judith in the 12th century and plundered by the Hussites, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, adapted in the Baroque and the Classicist style. An English park.

Točník

A royal chateau of Wenceslas IV from the late 14th century, adjusted in the Renaissance and the Baroque styles. Deserted in the 17th century. Since 1923 owned by the Club of the Czech Tourists. Gradually renovated and accessible to the public.

Tovačov

Originally a royal Gothic castle from the 14th century, rebuilt in the Early Renaissance style into a chateau fort of the Tovačovský family of Cimburk, enlarged by the Pernštejn family, adapted in the Baroque style and in the 19th century in the Pseudo-Renaissance style. An English park, defence mounds.

Trosky

A ruin of a castle originated in the 14th century by the Vartemberk family on two bizarre rock columns. Deserted in the 17th century, re-discovered in the period of Romanticism in the 19th century.

Třebíč

A Renaissance chateau of the Wallenstein family, with Baroque adjustments, originated by reconstruction of a Benedictine monastery, which was founded in 1101. A park.

Třeboň

A Renaissance chateau complex of the Rosenberg family, built on the place of a Gothic castle after the fire in 1562, completed in 1602 by Petr Vok. Since 1660 the first property of the Schwarzenberg family in Bohemia. An English park.

Týnec nad Sázavou

A part of a Romanesque castle, enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries, consisting of a rotunda, a prismatic tower with a view, an attached, originally Gothic building and uncovered bases of a Romanesque palace.

Uherčice

A large Renaissance chateau from the mid-16th century on the place of a Gothic fortress, adjusted in the Baroque style. An English park with a romantic castle ruin.

Uherský Brod

A Baroque little chateau of the Kounicz family, built at the turn of the 17th and the 18th century according to the project by D.A.Martinelli with three-nave column hall vaulted by Baroque cross vaults (uncompleted). Bastions of the town fortification, a chateau gate, a museum pavilion from 1932.

Úsov

Originally a Gothic castle of the French type, enlarged in the Renaissance style, into its complex was built in a Baroque chateau residence of the Lichtenstein family. Since 1898 a museum of forestry and hunting.

Valašské Meziříčí

Originally a Late Gothic Renaissance chateau of the Žirotín family from the 16th century, rebuilt on the Baroque style, adapted in the Classicist style, in 1815-1854 owned by the Kinský family. Later a prison for women, army hospital, barracks

Valdštejn

A ruin of a Gothic rock castle from the 13th century, romantically adjusted in the 19th century during the era of the Aehrenthal family. In the 18th century it became a famous pilgrimage place.

Valečov

A ruin of the rock castle , founded in the early 14th century and enlarged in the 15th century. Deserted in the 18th century. The castle complex – the forecastle (a prison, a dungeon), a stone palace, rock chambers and corridors, a viewpoint called “Rock apartments, used as late as the year 1900.

Valtice

A large Baroque chateau residence of the Lichtenstein family; originally a medieval castle, rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau. A Baroque garden, an extensive English park with Romantic buildings.

Velhartice

A castle, originated in the early 14th century, enlarged in the Late Gothic. In the course of the Thirty Years War Martin Huert took over the castle. During his era a Late Renaissance palace wing with arcades was built.

Velké Březno

A chateau built in 1842-1854 for Karel Chotek in the style of the Austrian Late Empire. Rebuilt at the turn of the 19th and the 20th century into a Neo-Renaissance villa. An English park with rare sorts of trees.

Velké Losiny

A Renaissance chateau of the Žerotín family from the 16th century, with a typical arcade courtyard, built on the place of a Gothic fortress, enlarged in the baroque style. An English park.

Velké Meziříčí

Originally a Gothic castle originated in the 13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, enlarged in Baroque and adapted in the Pseudo-Gothic style. Chateau interiors decorated with paintings and stucco with period furnishings.

Veltrusy

A Baroque chateau of the Chotek family from the mid-18th century, adjusted in the Empire style. A park with romantic buildings.

Vimperk

Originally a Gothic castle originated in the 13th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, enlarged in Baroque, renovated after the fire in 1857.

Vizovice

A Baroque chateau of French type, built in the mid-18th century according to the project by F.A.Grimm on the place of a Cistercian monastery. A French garden decorated with sculptures, an English park.

Vlašim

Originally a Gothic castle, in the early 17th century rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, adapted in Baroque. A Pseudo-Gothic entrance hall. An English park with Romantic buildings.

Volyně

A Gothic fortress founded in the 13th century, enlarged in the 16th century, deserted in the 17th century. Reconstructed in the 50-ies of the 20th century for the museum purposes.

Vranov – Pantheon (Malá Skála)

A rock castle founded in the early 15th century, deserted in the 16th century. The castle complex adapted in the 19th century into a Romantic Pantheon.

Vranov nad Dyjí

Originally a sentry castle from the early 12th century, enlarged in the Gothic style and adjusted in the Renaissance style. After the fire rebuilt under the assistance of J.B.Fischer of Ehrlach into a monumental Baroque chateau of the Althann family, adapted in Pseudo-Gothic style. An English park with romantic buildings.

Vrchotovy Janovice

Originally a medieval water fortress, rebuilt in the Renaissance style by the Lords of Říčany, in the 18th century transformed into a Late-Baroque chateau of the Counts of Vrtba. In the mid-19th century the chateau adapted by the Counts of Mitrovice in the style of Neo-Gothic. An English park.

Vsetín

Originally a Renaissance chateau built on the place of a Gothic fortress. In 1708 rebuilt in the Baroque style after its conquering and plundering by Hungarian army, in the 19th century rebuilt in the Classicist style. After the fire in 1915 renovated for the Thonet family.

Vysoká u Příbrami

A Neo-Renaissance chateau of Count Václav Kounic, the brother-in-law of Antonín Dvořák, dated from 1878 . An extensive deer-park with the Water Nymph Lake (Rusalčino jezírko).

Vyškov

Originally a Gothic castle of the Olomouc bishops dated from the 14th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style, enlarged in Baroque.

Zákupy

Originally a Renaissance chateau from the mid-16th century, built on the place of a Gothic fortress, adapted in the style of the Second Rococo for the retired Emperor Ferdinand V. A garden and a park.

Zlín

Originally a Gothic fortress, built in the second half of the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau, belonging to Jan Cedlar of Hof. In 1605 conquered by Hungarian insurgents, renovated in 1777 by Count F.A.Khevenhüller, adapted in the Classicist style. A park.

Znojmo

On the place of a fortified watch settlement from the 11th century a Gothic castle of the Przemyslids, demolished in the early 18th century. On its bases constructed a Baroque chateau, adapted in Classicism, changed into a military hospital.

Zvíkov

A royal chateau founded in the 13th century, reconstructed in the Renaissance style, since the 17th century used as utility building, since the early 19th century already a ruin. Since 1840 gradually reconstructed at the instance of the Schwarzenberg family.

Žďár nad Sázavou

A Cistercian convent originated by Boček of Kunštát in 1252, abolished in 1613, the abbey rebuilt into a chateau. In the 18th century the convent revived in the style of Baroque Gothic under the guidance of architect J.B.Santini and F.M.Kaňka. After the fire in 1784 re-abolished and adapted as a chateau complex.

Žebrák

A ruin of a Gothic castle originated in the late 13th century by Oldřich Zajíc of Valdek. Since 1336 a royal castle, enlarged by Kings Charles IV and Wenceslas IV, deserted after the fire in 1532. The castle complex with two cylinder towers, a torso of the old palace and the Palace of Wenceslas IV, remains of fortifications.

Žirovnice

An Early Gothic castle, enlarged in the Late Gothic in the late 15th century, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, adapted in Baroque, after the fire in 1964 completely reconstructed. A gallery around a triangular courtyard.

Žleby

Originally a Gothic sentry castle of the Lichtenburk family from the 13th century, later a royal castle, rebuilt into a renaissance chateau, adapted in Baroque. In the 19th century rebuilt in the style of Romanticism by the Auersperg family. An English park and a deer-park.

Žumberk

A Gothic fortress from the 15th century, rebuilt in the Renaissance style , since the early 17th century used as a utility building, reconstructed in the 70-ies of the 20th century for museum purposes. A consisting part of a fortified village with fortifications and bastions.