Photographs of
Czech Castles and Manor Houses

Bouzov Castle,

located between the village of Hvozdek

and the town of Bouzov

west of Litovel

Moravia

Czech Republic

Bouzov Castle

between Hvozdek and Bouzov, Moravia, Czech Republic.

Bouzov Castle (Czech: Hrad Bouzov) built on a hill is an early 14th-century fortress first mentioned in 1317. In 1558 the castle burned down. In 1696 the barony was bought by the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. The Grand Master from 1799 to 1839, Archduke Eugen Habsburg, decided to rebuild it in a Romantic, Neo-Gothic style.

Today an eight-storey watchtower dominates the complex. The buildings are grouped around it in the form of a horseshoe. Two bridges, ending with a short drawbridge, span the deep dry moat around the castle. Since 1999 the castle has been a national monument.

Cervená Lhota

20 km north-west of Jindrichuv Hradec, south Bohemia, Czech Republic

Cervená Lhota is a water castle. It stands in the middle of a lake on a rocky island. The four-winged two-storey château, with a small coutyard in the center, occupies the whole rock and juts into the lake. A stone bridge, built in 1622, links the castle with the banks of the pond, replacing the original drawbridge.

Hrad Ceský Šternberk (Ceský Šternberk Castle)

Ceský Šternberk

Central Bohemian Region

Czech Republic

Helfstyn Castle, Lipník nad Becvou, Prerov, Olomouc, Czech Republic

The ruins of the castle are perched on a knoll above the narrowest part of the Moravian Gate and above the left bank of the river Becva.

The complex is 187 meters long and up to 152 meters wide. It is one of the largest castles in terms of area in the Czech Republic.

Hrad Karlštejn (Karlštejn Castle)

Karlštejn 172, 267 18 Karlštejn

Central Bohemia

Czech Republic

Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Pernštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) is located on a rock above the village of Nedvedice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvedicka, some 40 km northwest of Brno.

Pernštejn came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.

Pernštejn Castle, above the village of Nedvedice, northwest of Brno, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic.

Pernštejn (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.

The castle was founded by the Lords of Medlov probably between 1270–1285. Its history is closely connected to the Lords of Pernštejn (Pernštejnové) and their descendants. It has kept its intact appearance in the Gothic and Renaissance form as it was finished in the first half of the 16th century by the Pernštejns, then the richest and most powerful lordly family of the Czech kingdom.

It has the most extraordinary entrance tower.

Pernštejn is one of the best preserved castles in Czech Republic.

Pernstejn Castle, Czech Republic

Pernštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) is located on a rock above the village of Nedvedice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvedicka, some 40 km northwest of Brno, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic.

Pernštejn came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.

Pernštejn Castle, above the village of Nedvedice, northwest of Brno, in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic.

Pernštejn (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.

The castle was founded by the Lords of Medlov probably between 1270–1285. Its history is closely connected to the Lords of Pernštejn (Pernštejnové) and their descendants. It has kept its intact appearance in the Gothic and Renaissance form as it was finished in the first half of the 16th century by the Pernštejns, then the richest and most powerful lordly family of the Czech kingdom.

It has the most extraordinary entrance tower.

Pernštejn is one of the best preserved castles in Czech Republic.

Pernstejn Castle, Nedvedice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Pernštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) is located on a rock above the village of Nedvedice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvedicka, some 40 km northwest of Brno.

Pernštejn came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.

Pernstejn Castle

Nedvedice, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Pernštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Pernštejn) is located on a rock above the village of Nedvedice and the rivers Svratka and Nedvedicka, some 40 km northwest of Brno.

Pernštejn came to be known as the marble castle because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.