Castles and Châteaux

The surroundings of the Brno Dam with forests and many attractive nooks are an ideal destination for hikers and cyclists. One of the most popular places is the Veveří Castle, romantic medieval residence above the lake surface. A former hunting lodge has an eight centuries long history and remembers times of glory as well as deep sorrow. Presently the castle complex is under a long-term reconstruction and every year you can see other accessible premises. You can also visit some of the many cultural...

The Renaissance castle of the 16th century, which is the oldest building in town, housed since 1928 Kyjov Ethnographic Museum, a branch of the Masaryk Museum in Hodonin. A permanent exhibition of archaeological, ethnographic and natural and Nature Kyjovsko exposure (natural history collection, presented in the form of large-scale diorama of) the following special exhibitions throughout the year. To this day accumulated several generations of museum employees more than 40,000 items. The collections...

At the beginning of its history of procedure is the Jesuits, who bought the village Bohdalice 1638. Then there was a farmhouse and an old fort. Initially, therefore, settled here, but later decided to build a new Renaissance residence. Construction began sometime after the year 1700. It was built storey building with rooms towards the park, added the rest to other owners. In 1772 the Jesuit Order was abolished and all monastic property was nationalized. In 1783 the castle and estate was bought Knight...

The castle, situated in the village Branišovice is too large and architecturally significant. It belongs to the baroque style of the turn of the 17th and 18 century. Initially served as a Cistercian monastery Old Brno. This monastery was abolished in 1782 and his property taken turns Kinskys and Lichtenstein. At that time served only as an administrative building of the Court. Castle is a two-storey rectangular building, which was 60-years violated those upgrades. The ground floor, where the...

Lock in Cvrčovice was originally a fortress founded in the 14th century later it fell kounickému fortress monastery. The termination dates back some 15 century. In the late 16th century in place of the fortress was built by a Renaissance chateau the family Thurn. In other centuries alternated frequently lock owner. At 18 century it was again rebuilt in the baroque palace. Since 1772 was Ditrichštejna Herberštejny and used as a residence for civil servants. Significant upgrading met with the...