Fairytale Castle

Hradec nad Moravicí

Hradec nad Moravicí Chateau, known in

Czech as Zámek Hradec nad Moravicí, is

a complex of buildings in a small town of

the same name in the Silesian part of the

Moravian-Silesian Region. The first mention

of Hradec nad Moravicí and its fortified

settlement comes from the middle of the

11th century. After a fire in the middle of

the 13th century, a large-scale construction

of the new gothic castle of King Přemysl

Otakar II was begun. The gothic castle

was rebuilt into a renaissance and later

a Baroque chateau. With an empire-era

reconstruction, it gained the characteristic

expression it is known for today. Today,

the White Castle belongs to a complex of

monumental buildings with an extensive

park, with the so-called White Tower rising

behind that. The area can be entered

through a gate, which is part of the neogothic Red Castle.

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