Doudleby Castle

Doudleby nad Orlicí is a Renaissance chateau located in the village of the same name in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou district in the Hradec Králové region. It is unique for its carpet-like sgraffito, which covers not only the outer walls but also the courtyard walls and chimneys. For its entire history (except during the communist regime) it belonged to the Buben of Litice family.

Machine-translated from “Doudleby nad Orlicí (zámek)” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Doudleby Castle ranks #6,170 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #186 of the 222 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1590, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 827 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Pardubice, 35 km away. It is one of the 175 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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