Sights > Ruins > Klenová
13.2.2010 pavel / Number of presentasion: 277
Klenová 1, 340 21 Klenová
GPS: 49° 19' 55" N 13° 13' 43" E
49.3319796888889 49.3319796888889
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The ruins of a Gothic castle from the 13th century, expanded in the Renaissance by Jiří Harant of Polžice, a a chateau built in the 17th century. In the 19th century it received a pseudo-Gothic makeover. A Baroque granary is on the grounds. The chateau is the birthplace of Kryštof Harant of Polžice a Bezdružice, explorer, writer a composer. An open-air sculpture gallery is located in the area of the castle ruins. The chateau interiors, decorated with stucco a period furnishings, serve as an art gallery of the 19th a 20th centuries.