Czech Historical Sights
Slezskoostravsky Castle
Slezskoostravsky Castle is a revived memorial of the ancient history of the city of Ostrava. The founding of the castle by the Counts Piastovec has been dated to the second half of the 13th century. I...
Slavkov u Brna Baroque Chateau
Slavkov ranks among the oldest well-preserved manors in Moravia. In the first half of the 13th century, a Teutonic Knights Commandery was built in the place of the present Baroque castle. One of the m...
Milotice Chateau
Milotice Chateau is known as a pearl of the Southeast Moravia. The Chateau was build at the place of a stronghold that was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau in the 16th century. The golden age of the...
Lysice Chateau
A charming royal seat, Lysice Chateau, is located 35 km northeast from Brno. It is a chateau with rich history, originally a water fortress, which was rebuilt into renaissance and later baroque chatea...
Kamen Castle
Kamen Castle means the castle solid as the stone (rock-stone) which it was built on in the Middle Ages. It was an important strategic point for Hussite troops under religious wars in the 15th century....
Lipnice nad Sazavou Castle
The Lipnice nad Sazavou Castle, founded in the early part of the 14th century, was one of the mightiest of the Czech castles. In the early 16th century, the castle underwent a Gothic reconstruction an...
Brumov Renaissance Castle
Brumov Castle - the ruin of an early Gothic castle from the 13th century built as a defence against Hungarian attacks. It was plundered during the Hussite wars, but rebuilt in Renaissance style again....
Holesov Chateau
Chateau in Holešov is a quadrilateral two-storey building with a moat and arcade forecourt, four hexagonal towers from the Early Baroque period. Construction was launched by Jan Count of Rottal on the...
Helfstyn Castle
Helfstyn Castle - extensive ruins of what was once the largest castle in Moravia. The castle was probably established at the end of the 13th century by the marauding knight Fridus (or Helfrid) of Lina...
Bucovice Chateau
Bucovice Chateau is a four-wing Renaissance castle with a beautiful courtyard and valuable Mannerism style fountain. Compared with most of Czech renaissance chateaux it is not a mere renaissance-style...
