On Sunday, 30 August and 27 September, admission to selected guided tours at this site will be free of charge. Please obtain your free ticket in advance through the online booking system. Capacity for each guided tour is limited. On these special days, the following tours will be available: Adam's building (basic tour), Gothic palace (basic tour) and Black Tower with Black Kitchen
Adam's building (basic tour)
This tour leads through the first floor of Adam's building. It presents especially the representative lifestyle of Czech kingdom's supreme officials - Lords of Hradec, who had very high expectations on the look of their main residence. The second half of the tour shows chambers with younger - baroque and classicistic furnishings, which remember the epoch when the mansion was the residence of two other noble families - earls Slavata and Černín. The tour ends in the music pavilion Rondell.
The tour leads through the representative chambers of Adam's building's first floor, which was constructed during the second half of 16th century. Very valuable renaissance, the so called Green chambers with murals and coffered ceilings from 1580s are furnished with original furniture and portraits of mighty owners of the castle. The rooms remind the lifestyle and taste of all three nobel families who gradually owned the castle and the whole domain. Apart from portrait of White Lady - good spirit of family Lords of Hradec, the paintingf of famous artists decorate the walls of many chambers.
Předpokoj v I. patře Adamova stavení s postelí Jana Rudolfa Černína, na níž ve Vídni v roce 1809 přenocoval císař Napoleon Bonaparte
Ložnice hraběnky v I. patře Adamova stavení
Předpokoj hraběnky v I. patře Adamova stavení
Předpokoj hraběnky, I. patro Adamova stavení 2
Hostinský pokoj v I. patře Adamova stavení s průhledem do hraběnčina předpokoje a ložnice
Audienční pokoj
Salon v I. patře Adamova stavení
Salon v I. patře Adamova stavení, kladívkový klavír Jana Rudolfa Černína z konce 18. století
Kabinet sousedící s ložnicí v I. patře Adamova stavení
Ložnice v Zelených pokojích I. patra Adamova stavení
Pážecí pokoj s divadelními portréty Humprechta Jana Černína a jeho snoubenky Marie Ippoliti di Gazoldo
Pokoj smyslů v I. patře Adamova stavení
Rožmberská chodba v I. patře Adamova stavení
Svatební skříň Adama I. z Hradce a Anny z Rožmitálů v Pážecím pokoji, 20. léta 16. století
The second half of the tour shows the chambers with baroque, classicistic or empire furnishings and reminds more the family Černín and their lifestyle. As the passionate admirers of the art, they owned one of the richest artistic collections in Czech Kingdom once and some paintings presented in visit line A originate from it. Special place has certainly the monumental painting "Life of Joseph of Egypt" created by Petr Brandl in 1721. The tour ends in unique manneristic building Rondell.
We hold the lunch break in April, May, September and October between 12 and 13 o'clock.
Opening hours
| Period | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 13. 7.-31. 8. | tue–sun | 9.00 – 16.30 |
| 1. 9.-27. 9. | tue–sun | 10.00 – 12.00, 13.00 – 16.15 |
| 28. 9.-30. 9. | mon–wed | 10.00 – 12.00, 13.00 – 16.15 |
The times mentioned as the end of the opening time are the beginning times of the last daily tours. We hold the lunch break in April, May, September and October between 12 and 13 o'clock.
Admission
- Adults 25 up to 64 years 220 CZK
- Seniors 65+ 180 CZK
- Youth 18 up to 24 years 180 CZK
- Persons with disabilities with valid identification card/certificate 180 CZK
- Children 6 up to 17 years 70 CZK
- Children under 5 years free
- Person accompanying a disabled person free
- Person accompanying a school group of 15 pupils/students free
- Guide accompanying a group of at least 15 persons free
- "MK ČR" card * free
- ICOMOS card * free
- Seasonal NPÚ ticket free
- Single NPÚ tickets free
- NPÚ card free
- "Náš člověk" card * free
- * Valid only for one person (card holder)
Tours in English and German are offered only to groups and after previous reservation.
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