The resemblance of the chateau is from the beginning of the 18th century when nearby desolate keep was built one storey Baroque chateau with a chapel in the style of small Italian villa by Lorenzo Piccolomini. Thank to the book “Grandmother” by Božena Němcová is the chateau known as the summer seat of Catherina Frederica Wilhelmina Benigna, the duchess of Sagan, who inherited Ratibořice as the part of Náchod domain in the year 1800 and after it she rebuilt the chateau into a comfortable country residence. The beautiful duchess entertained many important personalities, among others were the Russian tsar Alexander I and the Austrian chancellor prince Metternich. In the rooms on the ground floor furnished with period furniture can be found the collection of the last noble owners, Princes zu Schaumburg-Lippe. After the year 1945 the chateau was confiscated and with other property moved into the ownership of the Czech state.
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Ratibořice Chateau

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On a rocky promontory above the swimming pool, on the site of a fortress, stands Chvalkovice Chateau. The fortress that was mentioned in the 14th century, was built of stone and partly of wood fittings. Chvalkovice fortress belonged to the lords of Chvalkovice in the 15th century, later the lords of Hustírany.
From 1842 the castle belonged to the noble family of Schamburg-Lippe.
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Chvalkovice Chateau

The original Early Gothic castle built above the town around 1254 was reconstructed in a Renaissance and Early Baroque style at the turn of the 17th century. In 1634 Náchod was acquired by O. Piccolomini, who left behind valuable collections of Dutch Gobelin tapestries and floral still lifes.
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Náchod Chateau

Originally a Gothic castle built in the 13th century by the nobleman Tas, later called Tas of Vízmburk.
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Vízmburk Castle

It can be found in the western edge of the municipal historical reservation, which is located on the arenaceous promontory, surrounded from three parts by the Metuje River. Together with the chateau it represents a pearl situated in the foothills of the Orlické Mountains. It is located next to so called Land Gate – border cross point to the neighboring Poland, through which there was a commercial path even in ancient periods. History of the chateau starts in the year 1501, when Jan Černčický of Kácov established its core in shape of late Gothic castle.
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Nové Město nad Metují Chateau

The Frymburk Castle was established at the beginning of the 14th century. It represents an interesting combination of strength, defiance, height of fortification and also of ground plan.
One can say that among the castles in the Czech Republic, this one is very unique. Its importance was also visible in the former name of the north part of Orlické Mountains (including the Vrchmezí Mtn.), which were previously called the Frymburk Mountains.
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Frymburk Castle

Rectangular, two-story Renaissance chateau built by Bernard Zehusicky of Nestajov in the 1st half of the 16th century. During 1681-1691 it was reconstructed in Baroque style by the free lord of Kaiserstein. Further renovations took place in the 19th century. In 1059 it was turned into a retirement home and following 1989 it was returned to the descendents of the original owners.
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Stárkov Chateau

The place was first mentioned in 1068 by Cosmas of Prague as a fortified settlement. Later a Gothic castle was built in its location. In 1425 the castle was conquered by East Bohemian Hussites and later it was reconstructed. The round Well Tower is the only still existing part of the original medieval castle.
In 1495 the domain of Opočno was bought by the family Trčka of Lípa. Vilém Trčka of Lípa, who undertook a journey to Italy in 1551, rebuilt the palace in the Renaissance style between 1560–67. In this time the new Renaissance arcades were built after Italian examples. Vilém then rebuilt also the original chapel of St. Andrew into the new Church of the Holy Trinity which was planned for the burials of the Trčka family. In 1602 a summer pavilion was built by Jan Rudolf Trčka overlooking the valley of the valley Zlatý potok (German: Goldbach) and he also founded a new garden around the summer house.
After the murder of Adam Erdman Trčka (together with Albrecht of Wallenstein) in Cheb (German: Eger) in 1634 and the death of his father in the same year, the Trčka family died out in the male line. Opočno was confiscated and the Emperor Ferdinand II allowed the Colloredo family to buy the property for 51,456 Rhenish guilders. Rudolf Colloredo von Walsee was a general of the Imperial army during the Thirty Years' War. In the 1690s the palace, especially its southern wing, was reconstructed after a fire under Hieronymous Colloredo von Walsee. In this time the chapel of St. Anne in the southern wing got its present appearance. These Baroque changes were carried out also by the architect Giovanni Battista Alliprandi.
Since then the Colloredos have substantially modified the chateau and even founded a 22-hectare (54-acre) English garden with rare trees, ponds and waterfalls. In 1895 the exceptionally valuable and large family painting gallery was brought to Opočno from Prague.
During the World War II, the owners of Opočno Castle, the family of Colloredo-Mansfeld, opposed the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, therefore their Castle was confiscated in 1942 by Nazi Germany. After the war Opočno Castle passed to possession of the Czechoslovak state and because of the subsequent Communist rule it could not be returned to the Colloredo-Mansfeld family that emigrated in 1948 for fear of persecutions by the Communist government. First in 2003 the Czech courts decided to return Opočno Castle to the Colloredo-Mansfeld family, but in 2007 the decision was reversed with regard to the castle and its collections, while the farmland was returned. In 2014 the Czech Supreme Court ordered a new trial concerning the unresolved restitution claims of the Colloredo-Mansfeld family.

Opočno Chateau

The most valuable part of this Baroque chateau in Smiřice is the Chapel of the Revelation of Lord.
It was built in the style of High Baroque in the years 1699-1713 on an ellipse groundplan with curved walls, connected to the chateau by a roofed corridor. It is debated whether Christoph Dienzenhofer or Giovanni B. Santini was the building's architect.
John Jacob Steinfels decorated the ceiling in 1699. Peter Brandl, the famous Baroque painter, painted the main altar Adoration of the Magi in 1727. In 1724, Carlo Carlone painted the Assumption of Our Lady. Peter Brandl is the author of the picture on side altar near the door.
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Smiřice Chateau

Originally the fortified Renaissance residence of the Mladot family of Solopysky from the end of the 16th century, built on the site of a Gothic fortress and reconstructed in 1736-1739 as a Baroque chateau. Skalka is known as the scene of Jirásek's novel Darkness.
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Skalka Chateau (Podbřezí)

The castle was built on a high cliff in the middle of a deep borderland forest. A substantial part of the castle was built directly into the rock. The castle was founded around the year 1250 by the Lords of Skalice who also held nearby Adršpach Castle and Vízmburk Castle. Střemen acquired its name according to the stirrups on the Lords’ coat of arms. The castle was likely damaged during the Hussite Wars, or later in 1447. The only reminders of Střmen today are chiselled cliff walls, notches for beams, and remnants of stairs. Built on the highest rock where the castle tower stood is an observation deck that can be reached by stairs and ladders.
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