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Half day tours

• KARLSTEJN CASTLE
• KRIVOKLAT CASTLE
• KONOPISTE CHATEAU
• KUTNA HORA

Karlstejn Castle

The most significant medieval castle, built in 1348-1355 under the rule of Charles IV for the purpose of safekeeping the crown jewels and state documents. In the 16th century, it was reconstructed in the renaissance style and altered in pseudo-Gothic style in the late 19th century. In Holy Rood chapel we can find a unique collection of 132 Gothic tabular paintings by Master Theodorik from 1360. The castle is situated 40km south-west of Prague.

Krivoklat Castle

The royal castle Krivoklat is first mentioned around 1100, The present building is from the second half of the 13th century, it was enlarged and fortified at the end of 14th century and altered in Gothic style in the late 15th century. Thanks to all these renovation and alterations, all the phases of the Gothic style are present here. The castle is situated 50 km for Prague.

Konopiste Chateau

The Konopiště castle was founded as a gothic fortress after model of french castles in the end of the 13th century, probably by the Prague´s bishop Tobiáš of Benešov. .The first intervention to the medieval structure was made in the end of the 15th century by Jiří of Šternberk than in the beginning of the 17th century by the Hodějovští of Hodějovice. The Vrtbovští of Vrtba changed Konopiště to a baroque residence in the 18th century. The archduke Franz Ferdinand who bought the chateau in 1887 from the Lobkovičtí, reconstructed Konopiště to a magnificent seat of the intending emperor. The chambres of the chateau were equiped with the museum collections whose basis come from an inheritance after the Modena´s duke. At the area of the baroque garden The Rose garden with hot house was built.

Kutna Hora

Thanks to the prosperous silver mines, Kutna Hora became after Prague the second most important town of the Kingdom of Bohemia on the Middle ages. There are many unique Gothic monuments in this town, especially St. Barbara’s Cathedral (1388–1565), one of the most beautiful structures of the Czech Gothic, then Italian Court with Royal mint, where the famous Prague groschens were coined, Stone House, Church of St. James, etc. At nearby Sedlec, it is possible to visit the Ossuary. Kutna hora is on the UNESCO list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage.