Castles and Châteaux

The neo-Gothic chateau from 1853-55 stands in the place of a baroque building prior to which there used to stand a late-Gothic hold. The chateau served for wine making purposes with the famous sparkling wine Chateau Bzenec maturing in its large cellars extending all the way to the park. In 2002, the chateau and the adjacent park were bought by the municipality of Bzenec. To date, two of the corner towers have been reconstructed, the interior of the chateau is still empty though. The large front garden...

The Oslavany chateau - originally the first women's Cistercian convent in Moravia "Vallis s. Mariae" (Mary valley) was founded in 1225 by Heilwig from Znojmo. In 1228, the Olomouc archbishop was ordained in the presence of Premysl Otakar I and his family. In 1423, the convent was allegedly burnt down by the Hussites and in 1471 William of Perstejn received rights of disposal to it from King Vladislav Jagelonsky. The convent began to be rebuilt into a chateau after an extensive fire in 1517. Other...

Construction of a huge castle started in the13th century, at place where the river Svratka bites the rocky peaks of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands. Pernštejn has been completed in the 16th century in late Gothic and Renaissance style and retained this apprearance up to the present day. Historical origins of House Pernštejn and their castle are unknown. Pernštejn castle reached its greatest fame at the turn of the 15th and 16th century. During the Thirty War the Swedish army unsuccessfully tried...

The oldest preserved construction in the town. It was built by Jan Kuno of Kunštát around 1540. It only served as mansion for a few years, later it probably functioned as parsonage, then barracks, infirmary and school. In 1911, the building was renovated and embellished with sgraffitti picturing events of Kyjov’s history by Jano Köhler. There is also a portrait of the artist here. Since 1928 the building has served as a museum. The manor stands in Palackého Street.

Rosice castle was built trough the reconstruction of a gothic stronghold at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. The location itself is a proof of its original defensive character. The origination of the medieval stronghold, which preceded the castle, may be connected with Bohuš and Hartman of Rosice and its existence can be dated as early as 1259, when the two brothers witnessed the charter of the Cistercian convent in Oslavany. Rosice domain was in the 14th and 15th centuries occupied by the...