Czech Republic · 14th century
Hrádek in Kutná Hora was originally a Gothic fortified manor house, located on a terrace above the valley of the Vrchlice stream. At the beginning of the fifteenth century it was rebuilt first as a castle seat, and then at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries it was rebuilt into a patrician palace. In the 17th century Hrádek served as a Jesuit school. In 1966 it was listed among cultural monuments, and since 1996 it has housed an exhibition of the Czech Museum of Silver.
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Hrádek - Museum of Silver ranks #7,325 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #225 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Pardubice, 38 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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