Czech Republic · 14th century
Castle Valečov is the name given to the ruin of a rock castle not far from the village of Boseň near Mnichovo Hradiště in the Český ráj (Bohemian Paradise). Earlier names were, among others, Waletssow (Old Czech) or Walletschow (German).
Machine-translated from “Felsenburg Valečov” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Valečov ranks #4,869 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #141 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Wikidata records about 13,000 visitors in 2022. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 29 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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