Sights > Castles > Konopiště
10.1.2010 Hess / Number of presentasion: 296
Konopiště 1, 25601 Benešov
GPS: 49° 46' 46" N 14° 39' 24" E
49.7795181694444 49.7795181694444
Tel.: 00420 317 721 366 / E-mail
Originally an early-Gothic castle of the French type, remodeled in the Renaissance style a then rebuilt into a Baroque chateau. At the end of the 19th century it was refurbished in the Romantic style for Franz Ferdinand d´Este, successor to the Habsburg throne. A rose garden a an extensive English park. Staterooms, chateau collections (armory, library, chapel, etc.) Provate rooms belonging to F. F. d´Este, a gallery, St. George museum, a a shooting gallery.