Duchcov Chateau

Duchcov Chateau (Czech: Zámek Duchcov; German: Schloss Dux) is a manor house in Duchcov in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a national cultural monument.

Today the chateau houses a museum with a collection of historic furniture. Also on display is the painting and portrait gallery of the Waldstein family, including portraits of the most famous member of this family, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, by Anthony van Dyck. One room is dedicated to Giacomo Casanova, who was employed here as a librarian from 1785 until his death in 1798, and wrote his memoirs, Histoire de ma vie, here.

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Duchcov Chateau ranks #1,886 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #43 of the 200 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1675, it is older than 24% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,811 times in the last 60 days, more than 74% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 9,976 visitors in 2022. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Teplice, 6 km away. It is one of the 156 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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