Sights - Castles
Distance: 1 km
GPS: 50° 15' 54"N 16° 06' 55"E
The complex of the Opočno Chateau was founded on the place of medieval fortified settlement, which according to the Kosmas´ Chronicle was situated on the old merchant path since the year 1068.The castle was conquered and devastated in 1425 during the Hussite wars. The Trček of Lípa family rebuilt its ruins into a Renaissance chateau in the mid-16th century. Broad-minded concept and big family property supposed the construction of an extent complex. The chateau building got rectangular floor plan around the inner courtyard, into which open arcade galleries with slim Tuscan columns, which connect all the rooms of the chateau. The façade is deco ...