- Type
- Palace / château
- Built
- 1840 · 19th century
- Site origins
- 13th century per Wikidata – an earlier stronghold or first mention
- Location
- South Bohemian, Czechia
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 49.0508°, 14.4419°
History
A Gothic royal castle, known by the German name Frauenberg, stood on the hill above the Vltava as early as the 13th century. In the 16th century the Lords of Hradec turned it into a Renaissance residence, and in 1661 the estate was bought by the Schwarzenbergs, who gave the castle a Baroque look in the 18th century. Its present form is the work of Prince Johann Adolf II Schwarzenberg and his wife Eleonore of Liechtenstein: from 1840 to 1871 it was rebuilt in the English Gothic Revival style to designs by Franz Beer and later Damasius Deworetzky. The Schwarzenbergs lived here until 1939, and after the war their Czech estates were taken by the state under a special law of 1947.
What to see
The white castle with battlements and turrets is surrounded by a large English-style park. Tours lead through salons, the library and the armoury, with carved wooden ceilings and panelling and collections of tapestries, porcelain and paintings. Visitors can also see the castle kitchen with its period equipment and climb the tower. The former riding hall houses the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery.
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