Strongholds and Castles
Bezdez
An order for the foundation of the castle, ruling the countryside around Mácha's Lake, was issued in 1260 by king Premysl Otakar II.
Bitov
Bitov is one of the oldest and most romantic castles in the Czech lands, built on a narrow naze, about 70 metres high above the Zeletavka river (today it is the westernmost embayment of the Vranov artificial lake),
Bouzov
The Bouzov Castle was founded probably in the early 14th century by Moravian aristocracy to defend a trade route to Prague.
Budyne
Hailstones for the first time has been written as the royal property in 12 century. In 1336 castle to own family Hazmburka.
Buchlov
One of the oldest and most immense royal castles of South Moravia belongs among the most significant monuments of the Czech early Gothic.
Cesky Sternberk
Cesky Sternberk is a wonderful castle situated in the region of Central Bohemia, near the town Benesov u Prahy.
Grabstejn
The castle of Grabštejn is situated not far from Liberec, near the three-country-border area, where the border of Czech Republic, Germany and Poland meet.
Helfenburk
Helfenburk castle is situated 7 km west of the small town Bavorov. Very well preserved remains of the castle tower on the rock 680 m a.s.l. and it offers nice views of the country.
Helfstyn
The Helfstyn castle ranks among the most extensive castles in Europe and it is one of the best preserved castle complexes in the Czech Republic.
Houska
The royal castle of Premysl Kings was founded in picturesque surroundings of sandstone mountains in the second half of the 13th century.
Hukvaldy
The ruin of the Gothic castle of the 13th century reconstructed in a grand manner offers the sightseeing of the Baroque chapel of St. Ond?ej and exposition of hangman's houses and torture chambers.
Karlstejn
High Gothic castle founded in 1348, which has a unique position among Czech castles. It was built by Czech King and Roman Emperor Charles IV as a place for safekeeping of the royal treasures.
Kasperk
This castle, originally named Karlsberg, was built after 1356 by Emperor Charles IV to guard the borders and the trade route running from Passau to Bohemia.
Klenova
The ruin of one of the oldest Czech castles was, in the first half of the 19th century, the foundation for the construction of the new chateau, one of the first examples of the romanticizing style in Bohemia.
Kokorin
The mediaeval castle arranged in the romantic manner with observation tower had the Prague burgrave Hynek Berka of Dubá built in the first half of the 14th century.
Kost
In the beautiful environment of the Czech Paradise, in between the sandstone rocks, lies Kost, the Medieval castle.
Krakovec
Krakovec castle was constructed in about 1383 for a distinguished man of the royal court, a minion of Václav IV and a burgrave of the K?ivoklát castle, Jíra of Roztoky.
Krivoklat
The castle of Krivoklat belongs to the oldest and most important castles of the Czech princes and kings. The history of its construction starts in the 12th century.
Kuneticka Hora
Kuneticka Hora Castle, one of the youngest structures of its kind in this country, dominates the flat Polabí Region.
Landstejn
The vast border fortified settlement is from the Romanesque guard towers up to the Baroque artillery bastions one of the best preserved examples of mediaeval fortification system.
Ledec nad Sazavou
The seat of the second half of the 13th century belongs among the oldest preserved stone castles in Bohemia.
Lipnice
One of the vastest Czech castles has been preserved in the style of late Gothic. The most interesting parts include the Gothic chapel and extensive cellars with the former banquet hall of Jind?ich of Lipá.
Litice nad Orlici
The steep slopes of the foothills of the Orlicke hory (Eagle Mountains) gave the advantage of a strategic position to the gothic castles being founded there at the close of the 13th century.
Loket
The castle at the high headlands in the meander of the river Oh?e protected from the end of the 12th century the trade path from Prague to Germany.
Malenovice
This huge Gothic castle, dominated by a projecting tower, is one of the most remarkable medieval monuments to be found in the Zlín Region.
Nove Hrady
The castle was built by Z. Kostka of Postupice in the mid-15th century on the hill known as Old Castle (Old Castle).
Pecka
The castle was built in the early 14th century. In the course of the 15th and the 16th century the castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance Style into a comfortable four-winged, two-floored palace.
Pernstejn
The Gothic-Renaissance fortress became the base of the powerful family of gentlemen of Pernstejn.
Prazsky Hrad
On the basis of archeological research and the oldest written sources it is thought that Prague Castle was founded around the year 880 by Prince Borivoj of the house of Premyslides.
Rabi
The centre of the castle probably originated as a watch and dojon tower and a residential estate handy to the strategically important point trade route linking the towns Susce and Horazdovice in the 13th century.
Rostejn
The castle of Rostejn was built sometime after 1339 by the barons from Hradec (+1589) and used it as a hunting manor.
Rozmberk
Perchta was born in 1429 as the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom of Bohemia, Oldrich II of Rozmberk.
Sovinec
Sovinec is a small village that is dominated by a clifftop castle dating from the early 1300s. The village lies about 15km north of Sternberk in the midst of the thick forests of the Sovinecko nature reserve.
Svojanov
The Gothic castle guarding from the 13th century the trade path from Litomysl to Brno, was in 1287-1290 the last seat of Zavis of Falkenstejn.
Sternberk
The castle founded by the Sternberk family in the 13th century gained the present romantic form at the end of the 19th century.
Stramberk
Stramberk Castle (NKP=Natural Culture Monument) - castle (ruins) of unknown origin (according to an old tale, the site of its original planned location was on the opposite hill Kotouc, but that was prevented by dwarves from the cave Certova dura -Devil's hole).
Svihov
The water castle of Svihov built at the break of the 15th and 16th century on the site of a former stronghold under participation of the constructor Benedikt Rieto has an important place among fortification buildings.
Tocnik
At the turn of the 15th century, King Wenceslas IV founded a castle on the edge of the Krivoklat forests, near a road leading to Bavaria.
Trosky
he picturesque area called The Czech Paradise is dominated by the remarkable ruin of Trosky Castle. The castle was built on a volcanic basalt rock reaching the height of 488 meters above the sea level.
Valdstejn
The oldest castle in the Bohemian Paradise - the Valdstejn castle - was established in the middle of the 13th century by a family of Markvartic.
Zvikov
Zvikov used to be one of the most important Czech castles. It is sometimes called King of the Czech Castles for its sumptuousness and location.