The city's baroque castle dates to 1757. It belonged to the Salm family, and passed to the Herbersteins in the late 18th century. The Herbersteins added the castle's neobaroque tower. The castle passed to municipal control after 1945, and it was damaged by a fire that destroyed one block in 1978. The castle now serves as the town museum, with a memorial hall devoted to academic sculptor Carl Otáhal who lived in Velké Opatovice for 30 years. In 2007, the burnt part of the building was replaced with an elliptical auditorium. The castles grounds include beautiful parkland containing plant and animal species and a statue of Bedřich Smetana.

Velké Opatovice Castle

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The small Renaissance chateau was built as a fortress in 1599 by Prokop and Jetřich Podstatský of Prusínovice. The current appearance of the building dates to reconstructions at the end of the 18th century.
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Jevíčko Chateau

The original Renaissance fortress from 1513 underwent Renaissance reconstruction shortly thereafter in 1541. In the 18th century the Libštein family from Kolovraty rebuilt the fortress into a Baroque chateau. Starting in 1879 the building was owned by Prince Lamoral Thurn Taxis, whose son was murdered in Biskupice in 1945.
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Biskupice Chateau

The renaissance residence of Premonstratensian abbots was rebuilt into a Mannerism chateau on the basis of the plans by Giovanni Pietro Tencalla at the end of the 17th century. When the chateau was owned by Baron Moritz Königswarter, it was radically reconstructed in pseudo-renaissance style. The main one-storey building is surrounded by its wings that create almost a square courtyard with storey colonnades. The chateau has been preserved in this condition. There is a park near the chateau that was changed into a natural landscape park with two lakes at the end of the 19th century. There are romantic structures on the hillside - an artificial waterfall with a cave, a Tyrolean pavilion. The chateau is occupied by the Social Care Institute which uses the main building and the park. The chateau is therefore not accessible to public.
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Šebetov Chateau

Construction of the castle began after 1352. In 1361, Moravian Margrave Jan received the unfinished castle and after completion he eneamed it after the building method Plankenberg (in translation "Beam mountain" Planke mean lath or beam). The castle is situated on a hill surrounded by two streams that run below the castle and flow into the brook Nectava. In 1422 the castle was probably seized and burned by the Crusaders. Today you can see ramparts, parts of walls and you can still recognise the castle well today.
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Plankenberk Castle

The first mention of the existence of Letovice Chateau dates back to 1360 when it was a stronghold. In 1424, the stronghold was conquered and destroyed by the Hussites. It was restored in the second half of the 15th century. Reconstruction in the Late Gothic style is evident from the several cellar rooms with a simple portal. In the second half of the 16th century, adjustments were made to the chateau’s interior and its fortifications, mainly on the north side. The stronghold was captured by the Swedes in 1645. At the end of the 17th century, the core of the residence was rebuilt into an Early Baroque chateau by Stephen Szelepcsenyi. In 1724, the chateau and the town burned down. The adjustments continued after the fire, especially in the chateau’s interiors and through the construction of the farm and office buildings east of the chateau. The Letovice manor would later pass through 11 families, the last of which was the Hungarian Kálnoky family, who resumed construction activities. The construction of the stables, summer and winter riding school with arcades on the terrace and modifications to the medieval tower give the chateau its current appearance. Since 2002, the chateau has been in privately-owned, and is undergoing extensive renovations. In 2008, it was first opened to the public. Apart from the main building and the basement, the riding school, a brewery and a chateau park can be seen in the chateau. There is a stylish restaurant in the former stables.
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Letovice Chateau

The original fortress from the 14th century was rebuilt into a renaissance chateau in the 16th century. The chateau was later expanded by a chapel. There was a fire in 1852 and the owners of the chateau, Des Fours-Walderode, had it rebuilt to a residence of the estate administration and they had a new pseudo-classicist chateau built nearby. They founded a park with two lakes around the chateau. At present, the chateau is modernized and there is a child sanatorium there.
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Křetín Chateau

Ruins of a castle likely from the 13th century that earlier guarded the trade route through the Třebůvka River valley; the site is shrouded in mystery even for historians as there are no traces of a building, there is a massive wall protecting one side but no side walls, etc. A Slavic settlement from the 10th and 11th centuries originally stood on the site. According to one version of history the castle, as the residence of a marauding knight, was razed by troops of Czech King Václav II in 1286, along with the nearby Hřebeč, Mladějov, Hoštejn, Žichlínek and Hradisko u Moravské Třebové castles. The castle was favourably situated on a promontory over the river, had a large fore-castle area, and was protected by a 9 metre wide moat and rampart. A second castle moat was carved directly from the rock; behind it are remnants of a gabled 2.8 metre wide castle wall.
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Radkov Castle

The western wing of the building with its square-shaped courtyard houses the most precious part of the Konice Chateau - the dining hall of the brethren. Its ceiling is decorated by a large fresco "The Dining of the Holy Family", painted by Johann Georg Etgens in 1725-33.
Nowadays the chateau serves for the representative purposes of the city of Konice and its premises serve as a venue for exhibitions, concerts and other cultural events. The ground floor houses a permanent exhibit of local customs and trades with numerous rare items showing separate trades such as smithcraft, millery, tailoring, brewery, etc.
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Konice Chateau

The Moravská Třebová Castle, which belongs among the most significant Renaissance monuments in Central Europe, was built on the site of a former castle built in the 13th century. In 2005, extensive reconstruction of the castle grounds was completed, which took a total of ten years and thus the castle has once again opened its gates to visitors in all of its glory.
Apart from classic exhibitions in Moravská Třebová Chateau, do not miss the medieval torture chamber, which is the largest of its kind in the Czech Republic. Here you can experience the atmosphere of an execution chamber and try various torture instruments and means of punishment from medieval times. Another interesting exhibition with interactive features which you have to visit is the alchemistical laboratory of Master Bonacin, where perhaps you can prepare an elixir of eternal youth with a bit of luck.
You can complete your visit to the castle by relaxing in the stylish café and then continue to discover the beauty of Moravska Třebova by taking a stroll through the conservation area in the centre of the town.
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Moravská Třebová Chateau

One of the oldest Moravian castles, it was gradually rebuilt as a Renaissance-Baroque chateau. The interior, furnished with original furniture, introduces visitors to the lives of the last aristocratic owners. This valuable complex of chateau buildings is surrounded by a park built in the 17th century and expanded to the whole chateau hillock in the following century. The chateau park also features a unique dog cemetery.
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