This originally medieval royal hunting castle was rebuilt into a Baroque chateau in the 17th century. After its reconstruction it became the seat of the Celtic Culture Information Centre, which offers an interesting multimedia projection on the life of the Celts.
In the nearby village of Stradonice is the most famous oppidum in the Czech Republic. It dates back to the 2nd century B.C.  and was built on Hradiště Hill.
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Four-wing Renaissance chateau with a courtyard, commissioned by the Lobkovic family on the site of a former royal stone court. In the second half of the 18th century, it was most probably rebuilt by K. I. Dientzenhofer from the Baroque style to its present day form.
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Králův Dvůr Chateau

Křivoklát was founded in the 12th century, belonging to the kings of Bohemia. During the reign of Přemysl Otakar II a large, monumental royal castle was built, later rebuilt by king Václav IV and later enlarged by king Vladislav of Jagellon.
The castle was damaged by fire several times. It was turned into a harsh prison and the building slowly deteriorated. During the 19th century, the family of Fürstenberg became the owners of the castle and had it reconstructed after a fire in 1826.
Today the castle serves as a museum, tourist destination and place for theatrical exhibitions. Collections of hunting weapons, Gothic paintings and books are stored there.
The village of Křivoklát, founded in the 14th century, grew slowly below the castle.

Křivoklát Castle

The first mention of the fortress Suchomasty is from 1473. The chateau built on the site of a former fortress was probably built by Count Václav from Bubna in the first half of 18th century.
The castle is surrounded by an English castle park, founded in the 1st half 19th century. In 1918 the castle was reconstructed. After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the German army in 1939, the castle passed to the German administration. After the war the chateau was confiscated and served as a retirement home for older members of the Unity of Czech Brethren.
The castle is now used by the Institute for mentally handicapped children.
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Suchomasty Chateau

The earliest mention in records about Lany date from 1392. In those days there was a wooden keep here. At the end of the 16th century Rudolf II bought the village and had the original citadel replaced with a simple hunting lodge in the Renaissance style which in the course of the 17th century took on a Baroque character.
The Wallensteins bought the Chateau at the end of the 17th century. In 1730, Count Jan Josef Wallenstein had another floor added to the small Chateau at Lany. As of the beginning of the 18th century Lany was in the hands of the Fürstenbergs, notably until 1921 when the Czechoslovak state bought the Chateau as a prestigious seat for the Head of State. The area underwent countless reconstruction projects and its present-day image is the result of a renovation operation which took place in 1902 - 1903. Architect Josip Plecnik undertook the most recent reconstruction of the Chateau and its surroundings in 1921-24. The Chateau is situated on the axis of the Chateau Park and constitutes its organic dominant feature.
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Lány Chateau

The area where the castle stands was inhabited by people two thousand years ago, but it was not until the 14th century when the Bohemian and German king Wenceslaus IV decided to build his residence there. The castle Točník was built after the large fire in the castle Žebrák, which showed how unsafe it was for the king and how its position was not strategic.
The castle was built on a three-part ground plan. Behind the defensive wall is a massive moat with a bridge, which was originally protected by a gate tower. The most important building, situated in the residential section on the L-shaped ground plan, is the Royal Palace with its side wing. The second floor of the palace was taken up with a ceremonial hall, while other floors were residential.
During the Hussite wars, when Václav's brother Sigismund was in power, the castle was besieged by the Hussite army for three days, until it gave up and burnt down the towns Točník and Hořovice instead. The castle was then mortgaged and handed over from one person to another, but it never found an owner that would keep it for a longer time and so it was gradually reduced to ruins. Jan of Watemberg initiated the first stage of the Renaissance alterations, which were continued by the Lobkowicz family. In 1594, the castle came once again to the royal property and was administrated by the Bohemian (Czech) Royal Chamber. The Thirty Years' War contributed greatly to the castle's deterioration. In the year 1923, the castle was sold to the Czech Association of Tourists for 2000 Czechoslovak crowns and now it belongs to the state. Since the 1930s the gradual restoration works continue until to this day.

Točník Castle

The first mention of the fortress in Liteň facility can be found in the early 15th century, which mentions two fortresses - Mladotovská, which has not survived, and Vladeck fortress, which was just in the second half of the 17th century into a baroque castle. Over time, the estate became one of the most successful in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
During the 2nd World War, the castle area was under German rule after its completion later in the hands of the Red Army. In 1948, the entire area along with adjoining land was nationalized and subsequently used as a state farm and construction school. After the fall of communism he was restituted in very bad condition Daubkových family.
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Liteň Chateau

Founded in 1348, the construction works were directed by the later Karlštejn burgrave Vitus of Bítov, but there are no records of the builder himself. Some historian speculate that Matthias of Arras may be credited with being the architect, but he had already died by 1352. It is likely that there was not a progressive and cunning architect, but a brilliant civil engineer who dextrously and with a necessary mathematical accuracy solved technically exigent problems that issued from the emperor's ideas and requests. Instead, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV personally supervised the construction works and interior decoration. A little known fact is that the Emperor hired Palestinian region labour for the remaining work. Construction was finished nearly twenty years later in 1365 when the "heart" of the treasury – the Chapel of the Holy Cross situated in the Great tower – was consecrated.
Following the outbreak of the Hussite Wars, the Imperial Regalia were evacuated in 1421 and brought via Hungary to Nuremberg. In 1422, during the siege of the castle, Hussite attackers used biological warfare when Prince Sigismund Korybut used catapults to throw dead (but not plague-infected) bodies and 2000 carriage-loads of dung over the walls, apparently managing to spread infection among the defenders.
Later, the Bohemian crown jewels were moved to the castle and were kept there for almost two centuries, with some short breaks. The castle underwent several reconstructions: in late Gothic style after 1480, in Renaissance style in the last quarter of the 16th century. In 1487 the Big tower was damaged by fire and during the 16th century there were several adaptations. During the Thirty Years' War in 1619, the coronation jewels and the archive were brought to Prague, and in 1620 the castle was turned over to Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. After having been conquered in 1648 by Swedes, it fell in disrepair. Finally, a neo-Gothic reconstruction was carried out by Josef Mocker between 1887 and 1899, giving the castle its present look.

Karlštejn Castle

The castle was built in the second half of the 13th century by Oldřich Zajíc III, but the Zajíc family soon moved elsewhere and sold the castle to the king. In 1336, the house of Luxembourg acquired Žebrák and in 1346, Jindřich of the Luxembourg house started renovating it. He later gave the castle to Karel IV, who became the Holy Roman Emperor shortly afterwards. Karel's son Václav IV liked the castle very much, but after the large fire in 1395, he built a more strategically positioned castle above it. During the Hussite wars, the Hussite army unsuccessfully besieged Žebrák and Točník and then proceeded to burn down the towns Točník and Hořovice. In 1532, another fire struck the castle, but this time, nobody bothered renovating it. In the year 1923, the castle was sold to the Czech Association of Tourists for 8000 crowns and now it belongs to the state.

Žebrák Castle

The chateau is built on the site of a former fortress, which once stood here in the 14th century. In 1766, Antonin Maschek of Maasburg had a chateau with a garden and park built here.
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Svinaře Chateau

One of the oldest building structures in the city, a historic art monument. The Baroque three-wing chateau on the site of the chateau of the Žďárský family of Žďár. Reconstruction took place during the rule of the Břevnov abbot Benno Lobl in the 1st half of the 18th century, based on the plans of architect Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. The chapel of St. Lawrence decorated with frescoes has been preserved in its original form on the first floor.
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