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, 692 01 Mikulov
GPS: 48° 48' 25" N
16° 38' 11" E Search route
48.8068774083333 48.8068774083333
Tel.: +420 519 510 855 / E-mail
https://www.mikulov.cz:80/turistika
The castle of the Lichtenstein family on the place of an original fortified settlement from the 11th century, since the 13th till the 16th century enlarged into a sizeable fort, rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau. After the fire in 1719 rebuilt in the Baroque style; Classicist adjustments. In 1945 burnt down, gradually reconstructed. Chateau interiors with expositions of the collections of the Moravian Gallery in Brno, a picture gallery – paintings from the Dietrichstein family collection, a chateau library, the history of Mikulov, a museum of viticulture and wine-growing, a chateau cellar with installations of wine barrels and presses. A giant wine barrel from the year 1643 with the content of 1010 hectolitres. A Jewish synagogue. An alchemistic workshop in the tower.