Sights > Castles > hrad Křivoklát
15.2.2010 Wilzing / Number of presentasion: 247
, 270 23 Křivoklát
GPS: 50° 02' 16" N 13° 52' 20" E
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Extensive Gothic royal castle from the 13th century, originally a hunting castle of the Přemyslid dynasty, rebuilt at the end of the 15th century for Wladislaw Jagiello. Used as a prison in the 16th century. Burned down in 1643, restored at the turn of the 19th a 20th centuries (J. Mocker, K. Hilbert). Historical interiors - chapel, Knights’ Hall, Royall Hall, the Fürstenberg library, jail, the Fürstenberg museum. The cylinder-shaped tower houses an exhibit on hunting. The Huderka tower offers splendid views.