Former Gothic castle is the pearl of the royal town of Litoměřice. Located right in the historical city center, only a few dozen meters from the Peace Square.
The heart of the castle is a modern exhibition, which is a tourist attraction not only for wine lovers. Interested parties can also visit the tasting room with original stone tiles and vaulted ceilings adjoining the cellar, where the wine archive is located.
Thanks to the castle Litoměřice become the center of congress tourism. This allows modern equipped conference hall with preserved Gothic artifacts. Attractive spaces offers a lounge area connected with the historical monument of the chapel of the 14th century (in which, according to the extant historical sources prayed Karel IV.).
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The first written record of Ploskovice comes from the 13th century. It appears in a supplement to an old Latin text of a foundation charter of Litoměřice chapter from the years 1057 – 1058. Ploskovice was in possession of a nobleman named Hroznat in the 12th century who gave it as a present to the Order of Johannites in Prague in 1188. Johannites had a fortified seat – a preceptory built in here. The preceptory may have stood at the place of a later Gothic fortress and an old chateau. Johannites held Ploskovice in their possession until 1545 when they sold it. It was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau during the years 1545– 1575. There were many owners of Ploskovice, however it is worth mentioning one of them – Anna Marie Františka, later of Toscany. She decided to build a new, luxury chateau here which could compete with at that time aristocratic buildings in abroad. She had it built in half an Italian and half Chinese style and richly furnished. Water dams and fountains, decorative gardens, open galleries, statues and grottos were developed according to Lenotrov´s example creating a copy of small Versailles. The costs allegedly exceeded a million of golden coins. There are no accounts of bills, though. The first archived documents come from 1725. They relate to finishing works. According to style analyses, the building comes from the period of 1720 – 1730 and the architecture is ascribed to Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. A hundred years later, the last Czech crowned king Ferdinand V. chose Ploskovice chateau as its summer residence. The castle was in a rather desolate state back then, it was necessary to have it enlarged and renovated. Hence, one more floor and a pavilion were added to it. An open arcade was restored. The chateau today is a national cultural monument and has been under gradual reconstruction. It is open to public for guided tours. Not only the beautiful chateau but also its park in the area of 8 ha is worth visiting. The most precious woody plant growing here is a real showpiece of Aesculus Hippocastanum Laciniata.
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Ploskovice Chateau

The original fortress dates back to the 13. century. It belonged to the Lords Škopek from Liběšice. It was destroyed in 1620 and it gave place to a chateau, which was built according to the plans by K.I. Dietzenhofer in 1738 – 1752. It has three wings and it is closed by a storey wing with a tower and clocks. There is a gate with angels under the tower. You can also see the statues of saints and vases on the terrace.
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Liběšice Chateau

Skalka, a castle together with a chateau, are found in the western area of the Czech central mountains, at the village Vlastislav not far from Třebenice. The first mention of the castle is from 1357, in connection with Petr, known as Skála. During the Hussite wars, the castle was held by an enemy of the Hussites, Hanuš of Sulevice. In 1496 it was obtained by Vchynští of Vchynice. After this, ownership alternated until in 1544 Jan Kaplíř of Sulevice and Košťálově bought Skalka. In 1579 the next owner, Adam Hrzán of Harasov, extended the estates. In 1639 Skalka was devastated by Swedish soldiers and much of its masonry was used in building a baroque chateau, which eventually built next to the former castle by the Hrzáns of Harasov.
The castle stood on a thin rocky ridge, whose northeast flank borders a cliff wall which the chateau building almost clings to. The northwest flank is milder, and so the access path (which splits in two directions) runs here. One path leads under the forecastle, the other leads to the cliff with the rounded tower of the castle (commonly called bergfrit). The tower, which has relatively well-preserved battlements, is irregular in section and is 15.5 meters high. The entry is 9.5 meters above ground level. Inside the tower there were once writings, engraved by prisoners in the 17th century when the tower served as a prison. Behind the tower is a small area, where presumably the palace stood. The oldest part of the site is the castle area on the top of the rocky ridge. Later the castle was extended even to the location of the chateau, and part of the cellars were preserved. Before 1579, a Renaissance chateau was evidently located on the site of the present-day chateau, this was destroyed in 1639 by the Swedish. The present chateau dated from the end of the 17th century. Material quarried from the castle was used during its construction, and the only remnant of the castle standing today is the imposing tower.
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Skalka Castle

Střekov Castle was built in 1316 for John of Luxembourg, the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, to guard an important trade route to Germany. After changing hands several times, the castle was acquired by the Lobkowicz family in 1563. Its strategic importance led to occupations by Imperial Habsburg, Saxon, and Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War, as well as successive sieges by Austrian and Prussian armies during the Seven Years' War. Although Střekov Castle was heavily damaged during those conflicts and abandoned as a military installation by the end of the 18th century, the 1800s saw many poets and artists visiting the castle, drawn by a new trend of interest in romantic ruins. Goethe declared the view from the castle's position above the Elbe to be the most beautiful in Central Europe, while Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser was supposedly inspired by his visit to Strěkov. The castle was confiscated by the Nazi regime and later the Communist government, but was restituted to the Lobkowicz family in the early 1990s.

Střekov Castle

Gothic Milešov Castle, firstly mentioned in 1390, was rebuilt into simple Renaissance chateau by its owner Bohuslav Kaplír of Sulevice (Bohuslav Kaplír ze Sulevic) in 1603. His son Karel Kaplír built a new four wing Baroque chateau, which was added to existing Gothic-Renaissance palace in 1659-1661. Monumental two-storey building with courtyard arcades and chapel was designed by architect of Italian-Swiss origin Antonio della Porta. Nowadays chateau houses retirement home.
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Milešov Chateau

The beginnings of the castle date back to approximately the onset of the 14th century. During its course of time, the castle became the family residence of the Zajíce of Valdek. In the middle of the 16th century, following the Hussite wars, the Zajíces abandoned the castle, thus marking the onset of its deterioration. Mainly the two towers have been preserved from the original building - the Black Tower (cylindrical, basalt) and White Tower (quadrilateral, sandstone). There are remains of a town at the edge of the castle, which was abandoned at the same time as the castle.
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Házmburk Castle

The chateau of Velke Brezno was built in the late Empire style by Count Karel Chotek in 1842-1845. Count Chotek, the supreme burgrave of the Czech Kingdom, contributed to the development of Bohemia. Around 1900, the chateau was reconstructed in Neo-Renaissance style. The chateau is surrounded by a landscape park with 130 species of precious trees and bushes. The current installation of the chateau’s interior is original and illustrates the activities of the Choteks. Sophia Chotek, the wife of Franz Ferdinand d’Este, the successor of the Austrian throne, with whom she was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914, came from this family. There are concerts, seasonal exhibitions and also wedding ceremonials arranged in the chateau on a regular basis.
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Velké Březno Chateau

The Gothic water stronghold was rebuilt first in the late Gothic and later in the Renaissance style. Its interior, with the magnificent Golden Hall, is decorated with murals from the 16th century.
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Budyně nad Ohří Castle

On the site of the present chateau there used to stand a farmhouse with a fort. Until 1867, the name of the village was Březnice, before, it was called Březník. The first written mention of it is in the deed of Prince Spytihněv II dated 1057. Before 1600, he had a Renaissance chateau built  instead of the original fort of Rudolf of Býnov. The builder was Hans Bog of Pirna. On the old wing’s facade, connected to the chateau church of St. Florian by a corridor, there is a sun dial showing the date 1603  and the Latin inscription „Soli deo Gloria“. In 1730, the chateau was rebuilt in the Baroque style by Ludvík Richard Cavriani. In the 19th C., the building was extended with a new wing with a balcony. At the moment, the chateau is owned by the National Heritage Authority in Ústí nad Labem, which is preparing an extensive reconstruction project of the chateau. It is to seat the heritage authority, however, it shall also boast representative rooms that shall be available to the public.
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Krásné Březno Chateau

The chateau was built by a leading Czech aristocratic family of the Nosticzs in 1856 – 1863 in Neo-Gothic Tudor style in the middle of a park that used to be known for its magnificence. In 1919 the chateau was bought by the industrialist Wolfrum who later sold it to the city of Usti nad Labem.  In 1994 the interior was renovated and now it serves as a represen-tative community centre with a ceremony hall and a marble concert hall. The permanent exhibition of the regional industry history including a permanent exhibition of railway models is placed in several chateau chambers.
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