Hluboká nad Vltavou Castle

The chateau was originally a castle and has undergone many reconstructions. It entered history in 1290, when Záviš of Falknštejn was executed under its walls for alleged high treason. From 1661, Hluboká was owned by the Schwarzenbergs, who first had the chateau rebuilt in the Baroque style and in the 19th century in a romantic way in the spirit of Windsor Neo-Gothic. From the sightseeing routes, the Representative Route, which is focused on the representative premises of the 1st floor of the chateau, the Schwarzenberg Armoury, which houses an exceptionally high-quality family collection of weapons and armour from the period from the 13th to 19th centuries, and the castle kitchen with a number of preserved kitchen equipment from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.