Raduň Castle

The chateau is located in the village of the same name, about 7 km from Opava and 8 km from the chateau in Hradec na Moravicí. On the site of the chateau there was originally a medieval fortress, which from 1481 belonged to the Tvorkovský family of Kravaře. They also rebuilt it into a four-winged Renaissance chateau in the 16th century and owned it until 1671. Then the chateau was gradually abandoned and it was not until 1816-1822 during the reign of Jan Larisch-Mönnich that the chateau was repaired and rebuilt according to the project of the architect Englisch. At the same time, a park with ponds was modified. In 1832, the Blüchers of Wahlstatt came to the manor and lived here until the beginning of 1949.

The chateau was reopened to the public in 1984 and is furnished with collections borrowed from the chateau in Hradec nad Moravicí. During the tour of the chateau, you will visit the library with a wooden staircase containing 16,000 volumes, the princely rooms and the armory. The chateau grounds also include an orangery, an Empire sheepfold, an office house and a granary. In the cellars of the parish church of the Holy Trinity there is a tomb of the Blücher family.

Kroměříž Castle

The Archbishop’s Chateau is the dominant feature of one of the most attractive towns in Moravia and the main magnet for visitors to the historic complex, within which it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List in 1998 together with its gardens.
The origin and development of the castle is connected with the history of the Olomouc bishopric and archbishopric – after the destruction of the original Gothic-Renaissance palace by Swedish troops in the Thirty Years’ War, Bishop Charles II of Liechtenstein-Castelkorn had a magnificent, early Baroque princely residence of the Olomouc bishops built, which still represents their social, political and cultural importance. The Italian concept was given to it by the architects of the Viennese imperial court, Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla.

The chateau is not only a unique historical building, but still a living research centre hiding rich collections of paintings, books and music, which have their roots in the enlightened activities of collectors for several centuries.

Slavkov u Brna Castle

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The chateau is mainly associated with the more than four-hundred-year-old presence and activity of the ancient aristocratic family of Kounic. The construction of the chateau according to the plans of D. Martinelli, later modified by the architect Velmaggi and the builder Petruzzi, lasted more than half a century, from the end of the nineties of the 17th century to the sixties of the 18th century. The most interesting space of the chateau is the central oval social hall. In addition to the spatial and acoustic uniqueness of this hall, the fresco painting by the Viennese creator Josef Pichler, the author of the frescoes, is particularly interesting. The chateau installation itself consists of a picture gallery in period interiors, works that were once part of the once very rich Kounic collections of fine art of the 17th and 18th centuries. When visiting the Slavkov Chateau, you will be enchanted by the magnificent exterior and the representativeness of the seat of an important family. After the last addition of the interiors in 2004, the chateau looks really great.

Kynžvart Castle

The Renaissance chateau was built in the valley below the Kynžvart castle sometime between 1585 and 1597. Its exact form is no longer known today and we do not know any period depiction of the chateau. However, relatively significant parts of the original Renaissance building have been preserved in the later Classicist Metternich chateau. The most famous owner was certainly Prince von Metternich-Winneburg. The manor was lent in 1623 (23.5.) and in 1630 ceded to the five Metternich brothers. The imperial count Filipp Emmerich von Metternich (great-great-great-grandfather of the later chancellor) had a new Baroque chateau built from the remains of the dilapidated Renaissance Cedvic chateau sometime in 1681-1691. At present, the chateau is beautifully reconstructed and one of its greatest attractions is the chancellor’s aristocratic library of an encyclopaedic character containing over 12 thousand titles in 24 thousand volumes. Among the 160 manuscripts there is, for example, a unique fragment of the Five Books of Moses from the turn of the 8th and 9th centuries. 230 incunabula in 145 volumes represent one of the largest collections of incunabula in the Czech Republic.

Sychrov Castle

The Sychrov State Chateau, located in the northeastern part of Bohemia, is one of our most important historicist chateau buildings. Originally a Baroque chateau from 1690-1693, it was built by the knight Lamotte of Frintropp. In 1820, the Rohan family bought the manor from the Wallenstein family. Prince Karel Alain G. Rohan soon had the former Baroque building raised by one floor and initiated other extensions. The most fundamental changes took place during the reign of Kamil Josef I. Rohan in the years 1847-1862, when the chateau acquired its present pseudo-Gothic appearance. Josef Provot participated in it, who followed the architectural designs of his predecessor B. Grueber. All the interior decoration of the chateau was carried out by Czech craftsmen led by the woodcarver Petr Bušek. In 1945, Sychrov was confiscated on the basis of Decree No. 12/1945. From 1.05.1950 it was opened to the public and in 1995, declared a national cultural monument. The tour route contains forty-two interiors with rich carving decorations from the workshop of Petr Bušek. The Rohan Portrait Gallery, which has 248 portraits, is the largest collection of French portrait art in Central Europe. It captures not only members of the Rohan family, but also members of the royal Bourbon dynasty, whose portraits are located in the so-called royal suite. The chateau rooms are complemented by rich collections of porcelain, glass and tin.

Lány Castle

The oldest written mention of Lány is from 1392. Even then, a wooden fortress stood here. At the end of the 16th century, the village was bought by Rudolf II and on the site of the original fortress he had a simple hunting lodge built in the Renaissance style, which was Baroque during the 17th century. At the end of the 17th century, the castle was bought by the Wallenstein family. In 1730, Count Jan Josef of Wallenstein had the Lány chateau raised by the first floor. From the beginning of the 18th century, Lány was owned by the Fürstenbergs, until 1921, when the Lány chateau was bought by the Czechoslovak state for the representative purposes of the head of state. The chateau was rebuilt many times and its present appearance is the result of reconstruction in the years 1902 – 1903. The last construction modification of the chateau and its immediate surroundings was carried out in 1921 – 24 by the architect Josip Plečnik. The chateau stands in the axis of the chateau park, which was founded in 1770. Its present appearance is influenced by the modifications of J. Plečnik. A pond was established as part of the park, and later also greenhouses.

Telč Castle

In the southwestern part of the Bohemian-Moravian borderland lies the picturesque and rich in art-historical monuments town of Telč. The complex of the Renaissance chateau and the town with predominantly Renaissance and Baroque houses forms one of the most comprehensive urban complexes in the Czech Republic. Adjacent to the narrower end of the square is the Telč Chateau, a jewel of Moravian Renaissance architecture. The core of today’s complex was the royal castle, which, however, was acquired sometime after 1339 by the lords of Hradec and expanded into a water castle. In its place, in the middle of the 16th century. Zachariáš of Hradec began the construction of a residential residence. The new buildings of the northern and southern palaces were managed by A. Ericer, whose work was followed by other architectural designs by Baltazare Maggi.

Lednice Castle

Go to the beauties of Lednice Castle, which is part of the Lednice-Valtice area. Prince Alois II of Lichteinstein had Lednice rebuilt into a representative summer residence in the spirit of English Gothic. Representative halls with carved ceilings, wooden wall paneling and selected furniture, which are unparalleled in Europe, were used to organize spectacular meetings of the European nobility

Today’s appearance of Lednice Castle is the result of reconstruction from 1846-1858 in the spirit of English Neo-Gothic. The author of the reconstruction was Jiří Wingelmüller. From the Baroque period of the castle’s building history, the building of the riding school from the end of the 17th century by the architect J.B. Fischer of Erlach has been preserved.
The rooms open to the public on the ground floor of the chateau stand out especially for the richness of the carving decoration. In 1995, the sightseeing route was extended by a new part. It is a private suite, which was used by Princess František of Liechtenstein, widow of Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein, builder of the last, romantic neo-Gothic reconstruction of the chateau, until her death in 1881. Adjacent to the chateau is a greenhouse on the east side, built in the years 1843 – 1845 according to the design of P.H. Desvignes.

Třeboň Castle

An inseparable part of Třeboň is a magnificent Renaissance chateau, located on the southwest side of the historic city center. In these places, there was first a manor house, turned into a fortress, and later a stone castle, mentioned for the first time in 1374. Not long before, Třeboň was bought by the Rosenbergs, who gave the town and its wide surroundings proper development. After 1562, Wilhelm von Rosenberg commissioned Jan and Antonín Ericery to rebuild the old castle buildings into a Renaissance chateau. This transformation was completed in the time of Petr Vok by the architect Domenico Cometa. After the death of the last Rosenberg (1611), the castle was inherited by the Švamberks, who lost most of their property after the fateful Battle of White Mountain. Emperor Ferdinand II donated the Třeboň estate to his own family, but no one took care of the easily acquired property and the salvation for the castle is only the transfer into the hands of the ancient German Schwarzenberg family, who acquired it in 1660. The princely Schwarzenberg family owned the castle until 1940, when it was occupied by the Gestapo. At the beginning of the twenties, after the first land reform, the Schwarzenbergs left the castle and then served as a hotel facility for several years. After the war in 1945, national administration was established over the castle and in 1947 the Třeboň castle was nationalized.

The chateau complex is entered from the square through the northern castle gate, built in the years 1605-1607 by Dominik Comet. The first historical exhibition called “Rosenberg Renaissance Interiors” documents and recalls the oldest history up to the 17th century. century. The second sightseeing route documents and recalls the way of life of the last princes of Schwarzenberg.

Of the chateau interiors, the most interesting is a large Renaissance room with a rectangular floor plan vaulted with a high mirror vault.

Libochovice Castle

The LIBOCHOVICE State Chateau is one of the most important early Baroque monuments in the Czech Republic. An extensive reconstruction was carried out in the years 1682-1690 by the Italian builder Antonio Porta for Prince Gundakar Dietrichstein. The current installation represents a cross-section – the development of interiors from the Renaissance and Baroque, through the Rococo, Empire to the styles of the middle of the last century. An important place is occupied by a collection of tapestries, glass and porcelain collections, as well as large canvases.

In 1787, a leading Czech scientist and scholar of European importance, Jan Evangelista PURKYNĚ, was born at the LIBOCHOVICE Chateau, to whom a separate exhibition is dedicated.