Duchcov Chateau

Duchcov Chateau (Czech: Zámek Duchcov; German: Schloss Dux) is a manor house in Duchcov in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is protected as a national cultural monument.

Today the chateau houses a museum with a collection of historic furniture. Also on display is the painting and portrait gallery of the Waldstein family, including portraits of the most famous member of this family, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, by Anthony van Dyck. One room is dedicated to Giacomo Casanova, who was employed here as a librarian from 1785 until his death in 1798, and wrote his memoirs, Histoire de ma vie, here.

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Duchcov Chateau ranks #1665 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #30 of the 182 mapped in Chequia. Fundado en 1675, más antiguo que el 27% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 399 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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