Castle
Libochovice Castle
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 17th century
Libochovice Castle (Czech: zámek Libochovice) is a castle in the centre of Libochovice town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is one of the most significant early Baroque castles in the country. For its value, it is protected as a national cultural monument.
Today the castle is owned by the state and offers guided tours. The castle boasts with the collections of tapestries, glass and porcelain.
In 1787, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, a major Czech scientist and a scholar, was born in Libochovice Castle.
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Libochovice Castle ranks #3,427 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #108 of the 132 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1601, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 259 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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