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6.2.2010 pavel / Number of presentasion: 248
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, Blatná
GPS: 49° 25' 21" N
13° 52' 49" E Search route
49.4226257333333 49.4226257333333
Tel.: +420 383 422 934 / E-mail
https://www.zamek-blatna.cz:80/
Originally a Gothic water castle from the 13th century, built on the site of an earlier Romanesque structure. Significantly altered in 1523-30 in a reconstruction by Benedikt Ried; later adapted in Baroque, a finally, neo-Gothic style. An English park a game enclosure is part of the grounds. Historical interiors with period furnishings a family collections (the Hunters’ Salon, family gallery, a Purkyně’s study.) The Knights’ Hall features wall frescoes from the 15th century. The naturalist Jan Evangelista Purkyně worked at the chateau as a private teacher.