Vranov rock castle

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View of Vranov from Sokol mountain
View from Malá Skála

The rock castle Vranov , today mostly just called Skály or Skála (German Wranow ), is located near Malá Skála ( Kleinskal ) in the Český ráj ( Bohemian Paradise ) in the Czech Republic . A whole series of hewn rooms, passages, stairs, beam rebates and the castle fountain are still preserved from the medieval rock castle. The complex, which is several 100 meters long, is considered to be the most spacious and largest rock castle in Bohemia . In the 19th century a pantheon (Czech: Panteon) was set up inside the castle complex.

history

The castle was founded in 1414 by Henning von Waldstein to serve as a military base in the fight against the Hussites . But already in 1500 the castle was left to decay.

Between 1803 and 1826, Zacharias Baron von Römisch, the owner of the Malá Skála estate, had the castle transformed into a romantic pantheon . A heroes' hall with busts and memorial plaques was built in the former palace . Roman had a hunting lodge built in the form of a chapel in the neo-Gothic style in the courtyard .

  • At the highest point of the castle, above the right edge of the castle, the rocks of the Suché skály natural monument

  • the highest point of the castle

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Coordinates: 50 ° 38 ′ 32.7 "  N , 15 ° 11 ′ 16.2"  E