Tato prezentace je hrazena z projektu: SPOLUPRÁCE S PARTNERY – ZÁKLAD KVALITNÍ ODBORNÉ VÝUKY REGISTRAČNÍ ČÍSLO: CZ.1.07/1.1.01/

The Castle Velké Meziříčí

The castle, originally a romanesque castle, was built on the rock above the river Oslava only in about In the following century, after a gothic adaptation in the 15 th century, it was rebuilt into a renaissance castle from which a loggia decorated by frescos was preserved in a small courtyard.

In 1578 the reconstruction was finished by Mrs. Alina Heldt Meziříčská as a portal on the castle gate reminds.

After the fire in 1723 the castle was rebuilt in a baroque style. The author of the adaptation was a Prague builder Ferdinand Václav Špaček who finished the construction in 1733.

The entrance part was adapted in a pseudogothic style at the turn of the 19 th and the 20 th century. In the past 13 significant noble families took turns in the ownership of the castle.

In 1995 Podstatzští-Lichtenstein made the restitution of the castle. In the building there is a Museum of Velké Meziříčí.

The pond Ochraneček, which is a rest of the castle ditch, separates the park from the castle buildings. The park was founded in the 18 th century at the place of an older preserve.

We can‘t overlook an old lime tree at the entrance to the park. According to a legend this tree is a descendant of the lime tree from the time of a Frankish merchant Sámo.

The original early gothic castle came from the 13 th century. Later it was rebuilt and eventually changed into a renaissance castle.

The fortification attached to the city wall reminds the gothic era of the construction.

After the fire in 1723 the count Ugart let a new baroque wing build according to J. B. Santini´s project ( it is the only J. B. Santini´s castle building in Moravia).

1. Lower gate 2. Former upper gate with a drawbridge 3. Own castle gate from Director´s flat 5. Half demolished buildings 6. Entrence to the garden 8. Sheds 9. Castle bastions 10. Castle 11. Courtyard with a gothic loggia 13. Gothic and renaissance part 14. The first wall 15. Ramparts 16. Garden

Thank you for your attention Elaborated by: Petr Smejkal, Jan Plaček, Jiří Polehla