Milotice Castle

Milotice Castle is called the pearl of southeastern Moravia. It is administered by the National Heritage Institute in Brno and is a National Cultural Monument. On the site of today’s chateau, there used to be a medieval fortress rebuilt in the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau. The heyday of Milotice occurred during the reign of K.A. Serenyi, who rebuilt Milotice in the Baroque style as his summer representative residence at the beginning of the 18th century. He created a unique compositional architectural ensemble from the chateau complex, which includes a French Baroque garden, pheasantry, orangery, riding school and stables, which has been preserved to this day. A tour of the stylishly furnished interiors offers a glimpse into the life of the last owners of the chateau, the Seilern Aspang family. The interiors were installed according to period photographs in cooperation with the daughter of the last owner of the estate, Marietta Norman Seilern Aspang. In the Baroque orangeries there is a permanent exhibition of Moravian Baroque sculpture. Today you can see the chateau grounds with an honorary courtyard, a riding hall, stables, two orangeries, a French park and an adjacent pheasantry with salettes. An integral part of the chateau are well-equipped interiors, especially a representative fresco hall with a fresco by F.Ř. Eckstein from 1725.