Kozel Castle

Kozel Castle (Czech: Zámek Kozel) is a hunting castle in Šťáhlavy near Plzeň in the Czech Republic from the 18th century.

The castle was built in the Neoclassical style in 1784–1879. It was designed by architect Václav Haberditz for Jan Vojtěch of Czernin. It is a ground-floor building around an inner rectangular court. In the 1990s, the castle was expanded by another four buildings – the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the riding hall, servants' quarters and the stables. The castle complex includes a large park from the 19th century.

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Kozel Castle ranks #4,410 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 203 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1780, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Wikidata records about 20,000 visitors in 2022. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 13 km away. It is one of the 159 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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