Bečov nad Teplou Chateau, Gothic castle and Baroque chateau in Bečov nad Teplou, Czech Republic.

Bečov nad Teplou Chateau is a two-storey Baroque building of 1750–1753, painted pale pink with cream pilasters and window surrounds, standing beside the medieval castle on the site of its former forecourt. A round tower with a green dome and lantern rises from a polygonal tower built on an earlier artillery bastion, and a curved arcade with six arches links it to the right wing above a balustraded terrace.

The chateau was built between 1750 and 1753 next to the medieval castle on the site of its former forecourt, for Dominik Ondřej of Kounice, owner of the Bečov estate. Its architect used an early Baroque artillery bastion designed by Jan Lacron during the Thirty Years' War as the substructure for the polygonal tower, and kept the Renaissance forecourt portal of around 1540 as the entrance. The chapel was rebuilt in 1861 and other interiors were altered between 1861 and 1875 by architects Josef Zítek and Josef Mocker.

The St. Maurus Reliquary, the most important Romanesque goldsmith work in the Czech Republic and second only to the crown jewels, has been part of the exhibition since 2002. It was found at the end of the 1980s hidden under a floor in a poor state, and the display documents its demanding restoration.

The chateau stands next to the medieval castle above the Teplá valley; access to its entrance is by a walled bridge on eight square pillars, flanked by stone statues of St John of Nepomuk and the Jesuit Jan de Gotto from 1753. The terraced garden behind the building dates from the second half of the 19th century, and beneath its terraces lie the vaults of an 18th-century brewery.

The St. Maurus Reliquary was found at the end of the 1980s hidden under a floor in a wretched state, not in the chapel in 1985. After restoration it has been part of the chateau exhibition since 2002, and it ranks as the second most valuable monument in the Czech Republic after the crown jewels.