Červená Lhota Castle, Renaissance castle in South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Červená Lhota Castle is a four-winged two-storey Renaissance building with a small courtyard, standing on a rock island in a fishpond. A stone bridge built in 1622 connects it to the shore, and the entrance tower in the north wing has a Baroque portal from 1641.

A Gothic fortress stood here by the mid-14th century; the first written record dates from 1465. The Káb family rebuilt it in Renaissance style between 1542 and 1555, and in 1597 Vilém Růt of Dírná had the walls rendered with red plaster. Baroque alterations followed after 1641, and the Neo-Renaissance reconstruction of 1903–1913 by architect Humbert Walcher gave the castle its present form.

The interior spaces hold collections of historical furniture, paintings, and porcelain that reflect the lives of the families who lived here. Walking through the rooms gives visitors a sense of how Czech nobility once moved through their daily world.

The main tour of the castle takes about 50 minutes and shows 16 rooms furnished as the nobility lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries. A second route through the attic rooms takes about 30 minutes and covers 9 rooms of the last owners' children. The cellar route is open only in summer, lasts about 20 minutes and covers 3 cellar areas.

The castle's name comes from the bright red plaster applied in 1597 that transformed its outward look. This distinctive red coating remains visible from a distance and gives the structure its most recognizable feature.