Gothic palace tour was newly furnished with many interesting exhibits, archeological finds and equipped with the new lighting lately. The tour represents, in an attractive way, the life style of the supreme chancellors, burgraves and judges of the Bohemian Kingdom, Lords of Hradec. The interiors of the Gothic Palace offer an overview of the architecture of three centuries, during which the palace gradually gained its measurements and look. The valuable and interesting parts of the tour are representative King's Hall, living rooms of Lords of Hradec, extraordinary well preserved Knight Hall with murals from 1338 presenting The Legend of Saint George or panel painting Madonna from Jindřichův Hradec from 1460s. The tour ends in the very well preserved late-gothic black kitchen.
It is possible to say that the Jindřichův Hradec castle is a "textbook of architecture". Then, the Gothic palace is its medieval chapter. The structural core of the palace was constructed at the beginning of 13th century. Lords of Hradec had the need of representation of themselves and, as the important king's officials, they also had to represent the Czech Kingdom. The original palace had the half measurements compared to the present situation. The palace gained its final look at the end of 15th century.
The bigger part of the visit line was newly furnished and equipped lately. The first chambers show the finds of the archeological research which has been done during the general reconstruction of the whole castle between the years 1975 and 1993. Very interesting is the collection of the gothic tiles from the tile stoves in the palace of the Lords of Hradec from the second half of the 15th century. There are also many artefacts and historical documents presented in the first chambers of the tour which remember the extraordinary positions of the Lords of Hradec and their interventions into the most serious political matters of the Bohemian Kingdom as well as their life style. The highlight of the tour is certainly the Knights Hall with the murals presenting The Legend of Saint George. The wall paintings consist of more than fifty scenes from the life of St. George which were created in the year 1338. Although the palace was afflicted by many fires in the past and the reconstructions and repair works haven been done sensitively enough the scenes of the Legend of Saint George remain exceptionally well preserved. We prepared also a small surprise - the short animated movie which brings the figures of the medieval frescoes to life. The tour shows also the representative hall of the palace from the end of the 15th century, very valuable artefacts Madonna of Jindřichův Hradec from the 1460s or Pietà of Lodhéřov from the middle of 14th century. The tour ends in the very well preserved late-gothic black kitchen which is still functional and which we occasionally put in order.
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...
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max. 30 people
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The Black Tower can be visited without guide. Jindřichův Hradec castle is a complex of large and expressive buildings and it isn't possible to say that the Black Tower is its dominant point, but it is certain that the tower contributes to castle's imposing look. Comparing to other observation towers the local Black Tower offers panoramic and...
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THIS YEAR'S NOVELTY of the Castle Museum is the exhibition of LEGO models with the playroom for not only the small visitors. Second part of the museum is the exhibition Czernins - ambassadors, travellers, collectors which presents many unique objects collected by Černíns during their diplomatic missions. And finally the third part of the museum...
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The selection of tours presents the bigger part of the castle's structural development. The visitors will see the buildings and interiors from the gothic period to the late Renaissance. The tour starts in the old Black kitchen, continues in the representative chambers of the Lords of Hradec and ends in the music pavilion Rondell.
this tour is not available today
220 CZK (full admission)
duration 50 minutes
max. 40 people
reservation needed for groups only