Zákupy Castle, Renaissance château in Zákupy, Czech Republic

Zákupy Castle is a rococo château in Zákupy, 8 km east of Česká Lípa. Its white facade with rows of rectangular windows stands on a dark stone base; an arched entrance with a stone surround and crest sits on the left, and a tower with a green onion dome rises behind the center. A connected wing with red window trim extends to the right.

A Gothic fortress of the Pancíř family stood here from the 13th century; the Berka of Dubá began the Renaissance castle in 1541 and finished it in 1552. After a fire in 1573 it was rebuilt and enlarged, and from 1670 Duke Julius Franz of Saxe-Lauenburg had it remodelled in Baroque style by Giovanni Domenico Orsi and Giulio Broggio.

The chapel hosted the 1 July 1900 wedding of Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este and Countess Sophie Chotek, later Duchess of Hohenberg. The interior was fitted out after 1848 for the abdicated Emperor Ferdinand I by architect Jan Bělský, with painters Josef Navrátil and Vilém Kandler, sculptor Václav Levý and stuccoist Josef Effenberger.

The castle is open from May to September except Mondays; in April and October only on weekends. The grounds include a moat, an English park and a French park, and the castle is managed by the National Monument Institute. The town lies 8 km east of Česká Lípa by the Svitavka river.

Napoleon's son, Napoleon Franz Bonaparte, was granted the title Duke of Reichstadt in 1815, but he died in 1832 without ever setting foot in the castle. The duchy then reverted to the Austrian imperial house and was dissolved.