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Zvířetice Castle

Czech Republic · 13th century

Founded
1287
Style
Gothic architecture
Heritage status
cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Location
Bakov nad Jizerou
Coordinates
50.46812°, 14.91599°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Zvířetice Castle in the Czech Republic
Photo: VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Zvířetice is the ruin of a Renaissance château rebuilt from an original Gothic castle above the village of Podhradí about two kilometres south-west of the town of Bakov nad Jizerou, at an elevation of 250 metres. The château ruin has been protected as a cultural monument since 1967.

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

In the rankings

Zvířetice Castle ranks #6,065 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #174 of the 257 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1287, it is older than 64% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,062 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 35 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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