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Hrad Zvíkov
16.11.2012 pavel / Number of presentasion: 236
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Zvíkovské Podhradí 1, 397 01 Zvíkovské Podhradí
GPS: 49° 26' 20" N
14° 11' 33" E Search route
49.4389895 49.4389895
Tel.: +420 382 285 676 / E-mail
https://www.hrad-zvikov.eu:80/
A royal chateau founded in the 13th century, reconstructed in the
Renaissance style, since the 17th century used as utility building,
since the early 19th century already a ruin. Since 1840 gradually
reconstructed at the instance of the Schwarzenberg family. The castle
complex – the Royal Palace with an arcade gallery around the courtyard,
the cylinder tower Hláska, the Red Tower, the Bulb Tower and the Iron
Gate, utility buildings. Interiors decorated with wall paintings (the
Chapel of St. Wenceslas, the Hall of Coats, the Wedding Hall, the
Knights Hall, the Crown Hall and others). Exposition of the history of
the castle, archaeological finds, period movables. A view of the
confluence of the rivers Vltava and Otava.