Mikulov Castle

Mikulov Castle (German: Nikolsburg) is a castle in the town of Mikulov in South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The castle is on a site of historic Slavonic settlement, where the original stone castle was erected at the end of the 13th century.

The end of World War II saw the castle destroyed by a fire whose origins are unclear.

During the war, the anthropological collection from the Moravské zemské muzeum had been moved to Mikulov Castle for safekeeping purposes. Many of the most important discoveries from Předmostí u Přerova, Dolní Věstonice and the Mladeč caves were destroyed by the fire.

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Mikulov Castle ranks #1,342 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 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 7,213 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 43 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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