Kost Castle is one of the best-preserved Czech castles from the late Gothic period. It was founded in the mid 14th century by Beneš of Vartenberk. Despite...
The bizarre ruins of a Gothic castle, founded at the end of the 14th century by the lords of Vartenberk, have become the main symbol of the Bohemian...
The original Baroque chateau of Sychrov was renovated in the neo-classic and neo-gothic style. Its romantic look comes in particular from Josef Pruvota, royal...
Churches of the so-called Broumov Group were built and scattered about the territory of the Monastery Demesne according to K. Dientzenhofer and his son...
The Děčín Castle located on a rock promontory above the confluence of the Elbe and Ploučnice Rivers ranks among the most important sites of historical...
Grabštejn or also Grafenstein was originally a Gothic castle from the 13th century, which was rebuilt as a spectacular Renaissance chateau in the...
Visit the Milling Museum with its water sprite, bear and devils. How is grain turned into flour? What can the machines used by our ancestors to make flour...
According to the Břevnov monastery tradition, in the early 13th century Abbot Kuno sent the Rajhrad monk Juryk (or Jurik) to what is now Police nad Metují,...
Colonists came to Teplicko and the Broumov Basin from the mid-13th century mostly from Thuringia, bring with them a specific type of farmhouse known as...
This cemetery church is one of the oldest wooden sacral buildings in Central Europe and is remarkable for its architecture and interior painting. We know...
This one of the most beautiful rock castles, lies near Česká silnice to the north of the village of Vysoká Lípa following the red markers to the Small...
The Königstein Fortress towers high above the Elbe River only 13 kilometres from the Czech-German border. In the early Middle Ages, the fortress built on this...
The history of Stolpen Castle is associated with the Slavic tradition. It is first mentioned in the works of the Prague chronicler Kosmas in 1121. At the...
The Rumburk Loreto is a Baroque gem of northern Bohemia. This sacral monument, open all year round, is situated in the centre of town. Until...
Zámecký vrch is a distinctive isolated basalt hill rising to 529.6 m above sea level near the town of Česká Kamenice in the district of Děčín. It is...
In times long past Bohemian-Saxon Switzerland was home to predators such as the wolf and lynx. Over the centuries, however, they were systematically hunted...
The unique Chapel of St. Ignatius from 1760 is carved into the rock. Opposite the chapels stands a sandstone wayside shrine. The history of the rock...
The preserved ruin of a rock castle rises above the valley of the Jizera River. The typical watch tower is a beautiful dominant feature of the...
The ruin of Valečov Castle is one of the dominant elements of Český ráj. It is considered one of our most beautiful rock castles. Its look is strongly...
Rotštejn is a ruin of a rock castle founded before 1300. It is located at the southeastern part of the Klokočské Skály. The castle was mostly...
Valštejn Castle is situated at the western edge of the Hruboskalsko rock formation. It was founded in the mid 13th century by the noble family of Markvartice,...
The Humprecht Chateau was built in the 1666-68 period to an order by Jan Humprecht Černín of Chudenice; the design comes from a famous architect named...
This group of seven massive sandstone blocks is situated 4 km to the northeast of Mnichovo Hradiště, in the Mužský massif at Příhrazské skály. Built on the...
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