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Castles and châteaux

Ruins, a moated castle, château parks

Castles nearly always stand on the best spot around. From the air you can finally see why someone built right there.

The moated castle of Brennhausen on its small island in a pond, storm clouds aboveKynžvart Château and its park in early evening lightHeldburg Castle on a wooded hill in autumn colours, wisps of fog in the valley
Kinsberg Castle in Hrozňatov against the setting sunThe ruins of Hasištejn Castle above dense deciduous forest, the cooling towers of a power station on the horizonThe ruins of Hartenštejn Castle near Bochov, with a round tower on a wooded hill in the afterglow
Vildštejn Castle with its tall roofs above Skalná at sunsetThe ruins of Gutštejn Castle with a round tower on a rock above the forestsHorní hrad with its round tower in the middle of a spring forest in the Ore Mountains
Horní hrad with its tower in a wooded valleyThe red château in Klášterec with a courtyard on a river bank, the town and hills behind itValeč State Château with red roofs in the middle of its parkThe ruins of Hartenberg Castle with a tower in the forest, the sun just above the horizonThe ruins of Hartenberg Castle above dark forest, wooded hills in the background
The remains of Přimda Castle on a rocky hilltop above a spring forestThe chapel of Horní hrad (Hauenstein) hidden in the treetops on a wooded knollA sprawling fortress on a hill in Austria, a mountain ridge on the horizonA castle ruin with a tower above the forest, the sky after sunsetThe castle of Bečov nad Teplou on a rock spur above the small town in early evening sun