CHÂTEAUX IN POSÁZAVÍ

In 1720 František Adam Trauttmansdorff commissioned the well-known Czech architect F. M. Kaňka to build a castle that would correspond to his position as a leading nobleman. The castle is a typical noble residence of the High Baroque period and its decoration was done by leading artists such as M. B. Braun, V. V. Reiner or F. A. Scheffler.

It was founded as a Gothic fortress in the style of French castles at the end of the 13th century, probably by Bishop Tobias of Benešov. Konopiště was turned into a Baroque residence in the 18th century by the Vrtba family. Franz Ferdinand d'Este, who bought the castle in 1887, rebuilt Konopiště into a magnificent imperial residence.

The monastery was founded in 1032 by Prince Oldřich and hermit Prokop. Under the administration of the National Institute of Natural History in Prague, you can go on a sightseeing tour of Svatoprokopská Sázava. The pilgrimage site of St. Prokop under the administration of the Roman Catholic parish offers a tour of the Czech patron saint St. Prokop.

The predecessor of the chateau was the Gothic castle Čejchanov, built after 1300, whose disputed remains are preserved about 200 m west of the chateau. The chateau itself, the older part with a rounded facade, was built after the middle of the 16th century by Jan von Wallenstein as a four-winged chateau around an approximately square courtyard.