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Poběžovice Castle

Czech Republic · 15th century

Founded
c. 1500
Style
Gothic architecture
Heritage status
cultural monument of the Czech Republic · national cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Location
Poběžovice
Coordinates
49.51133°, 12.80351°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Poběžovice Castle in the Czech Republic
Photo: Lubor Ferenc · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Poběžovice (also Ronšperk) is a castle rebuilt as a Baroque château in the town of the same name in the Domažlice District. It stands in the centre of the town on a low rise at an elevation of about 440 m. With effect from 1 July 2024 the Poběžovice château is protected as a national cultural monument.

Machine-translated from “Poběžovice (zámek)” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Poběžovice Castle ranks #5,039 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #139 of the 257 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1500, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 596 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,955 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 49 km away. It is one of the 201 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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