Czech Republic · 13th century
Boskovice is a castle ruin above the town of the same name in the Blansko district in the South Moravian Region. It stands at the western edge of the Drahany Highlands at an elevation of 448 meters. The castle hill with its ruin dominates Boskovice and offers a view of the surrounding landscape. Since 1964 the ruin of Boskovice Castle has been protected as a cultural monument.
Machine-translated from “Boskovice (hrad)” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Boskovice Castle ranks #7,368 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #227 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Wikidata records about 17,000 visitors in 2021. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 32 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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