Sights > Castles > Grabštejn
12.2.2010 Zuzka / Number of presentasion: 240
Grabštejn , 463 34 Hrádek nad Nisou
GPS: 50° 50' 52" N 14° 52' 41" E
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Tel.: +420 482724208 / E-mail
Originally a Gothic castle from the mid-13th century, remodeled a expanded in the Renaissance style, with a dominant cylindrical tower (the so-called Old Castle). Below the castle is the so-called New Chateau, remodeled from a Renaissance into a Classicist building. The Chateau is currently closed. Visitors can tour the Renaissance Chapel of St. Barbara with its wall paintings, part of the Northern wing, a the tower offering a view. The Chapel of St. Barbara is the most impressive Renaissance room in the Czech countryside.