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Janův hrad

Czech Republic · 18th century

Founded
c. 1800
Style
Historicist architecture
Heritage status
cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Location
Podivín
Coordinates
48.80464°, 16.83233°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Janův hrad in the Czech Republic
Photo: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Janův hrad, commonly called Janohrad, is an artificial castle ruin from the beginning of the 19th century, located in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, in the cadastral territory of the town of Podivín. Janův hrad is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. It is the property of the Czech Republic and is open to the public (its administration is provided by the National Heritage Institute).

Machine-translated from “Janův hrad” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Janův hrad ranks #7,270 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #218 of the 257 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1800, it is older than 12% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 46 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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