Loket Castle

Loket Castle (Czech: Hrad Loket, German: Burg Elbogen) is a 12th-century Gothic castle in Loket in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It ls located on a massive rock, surrounded on three sides by the Ohře river. Once known as "the Impregnable Castle of Bohemia", because of its thick walls, it is one of the oldest stone castles in the country. It is administered by the Loket Castle Foundation since 1993 and preserved today as a museum and national monument. First built in the Romanesque style in the 12th century, the castle was expanded in the Gothic style during the next century, and took most of its current form during reconstruction work in the 1390s.

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Loket Castle ranks #772 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #13 of the 200 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1300, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,272 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 150,000 visitors in 2022. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Karlovy Vary, 10 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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