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Piccolomini Castle and the Dukes of Schaumburg-Lippe in Nachod

Date of execution: 2009-08-21. The castle is located on the border between the Czech Republic and Poland. It was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries from a Gothic castle founded in the mid-13th century. It gained its present architectural appearance during the reconstruction and modification of the interior in the 17th and 18th centuries. The most important owners of Náchod were Smiřičtí ...

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Castle in Novy Meste nad Metuji

Date of execution: 2009-08-21. Built in 1501 r., after reconstruction in the renaissance and baroque styles, it was reconstructed in the years 1909 – 1911. A magnificent chateau garden designed by architect Duszan Jurkovič, with garden architecture objects made of wood, log technique. The Maselnice castle tower is a good vantage point. In the garden there are…

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Castle Střemen (Castle Stirrup) in Teplice Rocks

Date of execution: 2009-08-24. Castle Střemen (Střmen), ie Castle Stremię this vantage point within Teplickego Rock Mesta, putative, where around the tenth century there was a castle guarding the area. Proof of this would be carved into the rock recesses for beams and other wooden construction elements, which today no longer exists. Technique: …

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