- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1270 · 13th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Style
- Gothic architecture
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 49.4508°, 16.3189°
History
The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century by the Lords of Medlov, who took their new name of Pernštejn from it. The family rose to become one of the most powerful in Bohemia and Moravia, and around 1500 Vilém of Pernštejn enlarged the stronghold into a grand late-Gothic residence with new wings and defences. Through the Hussite and Thirty Years' Wars the castle was never taken. Deep in debt, the Pernštejns sold it in 1596, and from the late 18th century until 1945 it belonged to the Mitrovský family. After the war it passed to the state.
What to see
The castle rises from a narrow rock like a densely built little town, with towers, galleries and bridges linking wings at different levels. Tours lead through vaulted Gothic halls, the knights' hall, the library and rooms furnished by the Mitrovskýs. Gates, moats and a barbican survive around it, and the walls look out over the wooded valleys of the Svratka and its tributaries.
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