chateau Liběchov — Local services in okres Mělník

Chateau that needs a major renovations! It has a very good potential but it is falling apart. Libochovice Chateau is a castle in the centre of Libochovice town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is a cultural monument. It is one of the most significant early Baroque castles in the county. The castle is under the management of National Heritage Institute, it was declared the National Cultural Heritage on 1 January 2002. The castle is not the main landmark of the town because it is only seen from the other side of the Ohře river.

Libochovice Chateau also boasts with the collections of tapestries, glass and porcelain.[1] In 1787 Jan Evangelista Purkyně, a major Czech scientist and a scholar, was born in...

Předchůdcem zámku byla vodní tvrz pravděpodobně postavena ve 14. století. Při renesanční přestavbě v 16. století se tvrz proměnila na zámek. Velkou změnu přineslo zámku baroko. Za majitele Jáchyma Pachty z Rájova bylo kolem roku 1720 přistavěno na jižní straně dvoupatrové křídlo. V roce 1977 po rozsáhlé rekonstrukci byly veřejnosti zpřístupněny asijské sbírky Náprstkova muzea, složky Národního muzea - v jednadvaceti sálech zřídilo jedinečné expozice umění a řemesel asijských kultur. Povodeň v roce 2002 vše ukončila a zámek je od této doby uzavřen a ve zuboženém stavu. Velká škoda...

The predecessor of the castle was the water fortress probably built in the 14th century. During the Renaissance reconstruction in the 16th century, the fortress turned into a castle. A great change brought the Baroque epoch. The owner Jáchym Pachta from Rájov built the two-storey wing on the south side in 1720. In 1977, after extensive reconstruction, the Asian collection of the Náprstek Museum, the National Museum, was opened to the public. In twenty-one halls, a unique exhibition of art and crafts of Asian cultures was established. The floods in 2002 have ended all and the castle has been closed and in bad condition since then....

A somewhat run down palace holding an amazing private Asian and European art and antiquities collection. Unusual art, arms and armor from the Middle East, China, Africa and Japan gathered back during the first republic by a private wealthy collector. Some really unusual items, or common items of...