Kratochvíle

Coordinates: 49°02.57′N 14°11.47′E / 49.04283°N 14.19117°E / 49.04283; 14.19117
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Kratochvíle
The castle with its castle park
Kratochvíle is located in Czech Republic
Kratochvíle
Location in the Czech Republic
General information
TypeChâteau
Architectural styleRenaissance
LocationNetolice, South Bohemian Region
CountryCzech Republic
Coordinates49°02.57′N 14°11.47′E / 49.04283°N 14.19117°E / 49.04283; 14.19117
Website
www.zamek-kratochvile.cz/en

Kratochvíle is a Renaissance castle in Petrův Dvůr in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is a picturesque manorial residence surrounded by a small castle park.

History

Entrance gate of the castle

The medieval moated fortified stronghold of 1569 was turned into a hunting lodge between 1583 and 1589 by William of Rosenberg.[1] It was designed in the style of the Roman country villa and named Kratochvíle. The architect was Baldassare Maggi from Arogno, Ticino (CH).[2] The whole complex with an entrance wing, outline of fortifications, moat and drawbridge was built in the form of a slightly elongated rectangle, and the château was built on piles of marshy ground.

The small Chapel of Our Lady in the southwest corner of the château gardens was built between 1584 and 1589.

Schwarzenberg family.[2] The international arrangement of the building to the layout of an Italian villa, with the open loggia
on the ground floor being replaced here by a large vaulted entrance hall, which corresponded to the area of the Great Hall on the first floor, is linked to the ground floor by a staircase. On both floors rooms of varying sizes are liked to these chambers.

On the ground floor they were partly of a functional nature and on the first floor they included the private apartments of the lord and lady, and the most grandiose room of the château, the Great Gold Hall where visitors were received and which is richly decorated, as are most of the other rooms, with stucco reliefs and murals based on classical mythology by Antonio Melana. During extensive restoration experts discovered five paintings depicting scenes from the life of Samson, in the adjoining Small Gold Hall.

In the 19th century the château was converted into apartments for the Schwarzenberg family and in 1950 the restoration work was carried out. Kratochvíle houses an exhibition of Czech puppet and animated films with original works by notable Czech producers Jiří Trnka, Hermína Týrlová and Karel Zeman.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-74104-046-3
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    ISBN 80-7011-745-1

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