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Valdstejn

The Valdštejn castle lies in the heart of the Bohemian Paradise, in the region of beautiful rocks. Valdštejn, considered to be the oldest castle in the Bohemian Paradise, was established approximately around 1260 by Jaroslav of Hruštice from the Markvartic family who were the ancestors of the lords of Valdštejn. The Valdštejn family owned the castle until about 1380 and the following owners, the lords of Vartenberk, until the break-out of the Hussite wars.

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An early Gothic castle build on three sandstone rocks in the second half of the 13th century gave its name to an aristocratic family which intervened into the Czech history several times and from which originated also the famous warrior Albrech from Valdštejn. After 1420 the castle was occupied by the Hussites and later predatory knights. In 1621 the Valdštejns reclaimed the dilapidated castle again and at the top of the Baroque period they built a pilgrimage site in the front part of the castle with the church of St. John from Nepomuk.

The remarkable entrance bridges are since those times decorated by ten stony statues of the Czech patron saints. In the 19th century the whole complex was connected to a single guided tour and added by Romantic and Classicist buildings.

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Развалины готического града на скале 13 века, романтически перестроен в 19 веке при Ахренталах. В 18 веке становится знаменитым местом паломничества. К граду можно добраться по мосту с каменными скульптурами и воротами. Средневековые стены, склепы, камеры пыток в форме ведра. Паломнический костел святого Иоанна Непомука. Традиция портрета К.Г.Махи в часовенке святого Иоанна Крестителя