Valdštejn Castle

Valdštejn Castle (Czech: hrad Valdštejn, German: Waldstein) is an early Gothic fortress near Turnov, in the Czech Republic. It can be found in the cliff dwelling city of Hruboskalsko, in the Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj).

The city was built on three sandstone cliffs in the second half of the thirteenth century by Counts of the Waldstein family. After 1420 the castle was occupied by the Hussites, then later by robber barons. In 1621 the abandoned castle was bought back by the Waldsteins, whose most illustrious member was Albrecht von Wallenstein. During the peak of the Baroque period, they built a pilgrimage church, dedicated to John of Nepomuk, in 1722 on the ruins of the castle.

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Valdštejn Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,409位（全3,734件中）、チェコの132件では53位にランクされています。1300年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の65%より古い城です（13世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の397件のひとつ）。チェコが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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