Nové Město nad Metují Castle, Renaissance castle in Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic

Nové Město nad Metují Castle is a quadrilateral building around an irregular courtyard, with a round Renaissance tower called Máselnice in the north corner. Its facades and courtyard carry Renaissance grisaille decoration uncovered during Dušan Jurkovič's 1909–1913 renovation. A bridge over the moat leads to a stone Baroque portal, and 23 dwarfs from Matyáš Bernard Braun's workshop, moved here in 1929, stand before the castle and in the garden.

Jan Černčický z Kácova built a fortress here in 1501. The Stubenbergs converted it into a Renaissance château in 1558–1568, and after 1634 Walter Leslie had Carlo Lurago rebuild it in early Baroque style in 1655–1661. The Bartoň family bought it in 1908 and had Dušan Jurkovič renovate it in 1909–1913.

The castle's interiors mix styles added under architect Pavel Janák in the 1920s and 1930s: Art Deco and Functionalist rooms furnished alongside earlier Baroque stucco work. Sculptures by Josef Václav Myslbek, Jan Štursa, Ladislav Šaloun and František Bílek are kept here, and painter Max Švabinský contributed decoration. President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk visited the Bartoň family on 13 July 1926.

Visitors can join guided tours through the interior, stay overnight in castle suites, and explore the terraced gardens at their own pace. It helps to check availability of tours in advance and learn which areas are accessible during different seasons.

The castle has been for sale since June 2020, with the state holding a right of first refusal. Its park holds 23 dwarfs carved around 1713 in the workshop of Matyáš Bernard Braun, moved here from Benátky nad Jizerou in 1929.