Žirovnice Chateau
castle, chateau
417m
Pelhřimov, Kraj Vysočina

An early Gothic castle, expanded in the late Gothic era and rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, with subsequent Baroque adaptations

Previous names
Žirovnice Chateau, Zámek Žirovnice
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Description

An early Gothic castle, expanded in the late Gothic era and rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau, with subsequent Baroque adaptations. Its interiors and former chapel boast a set of late-Gothic frescoes. The chateau houses the collections of the municipal museum and gallery. Newly accessible is also the chateau tower, offering a view of the town and its surroundings.

Permanent exhibition: button-making and use of mother-ofpearl, historical sewing machines, the Jan Havlík Gallery.

Exhibition of Rural Traditions and Crafts The chateau grange – a silo – was built in the early 18th century. It has undergone a number of building adaptations, but its purpose did not change for a great, long time, although the storage of grain was replaced by the storage of various unneeded items until its 2007 renovation. The original Baroque have today house an exhibition of rural traditions and crafts.

One wing of the chateau is devoted to contemporary modern art. Four halls house an exhibition of fi ne art: oils by the academic painter Jan Havlík; objects made of soft linden tree wood, by the academic sculptor Karel Hlava; prints and paintings by Pavel Roučka; and book illustrations by the academic painter František Severa.

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