Dolní Počernice, Baroque château in Dolní Počernice, Prague, Czech Republic.
Dolní Počernice is a château consisting of an older mansion and a more recent wing that displays traditional Czech architectural features. The building sits on grounds containing an English park that remains open to public visitors.
The château grew out of a medieval fortress first documented in 1401, in a record settling the inheritance of Jan z Cách, owner of nearby Čelákovice. By 1527 it had passed through several owners and was enlarged northward in late Gothic style; a Renaissance rebuilding followed, and in 1562 the estate passed to the crown and was sold to Matěj Hůlka, who built the west wing. The Colloredo-Wallsee counts held it from 1664 to 1769 and gave it its present form; the Dercsenyi family owned it until 1923, when Baron Vojtěch Dercsenyi gave it to Prague for a symbolic crown.
The château has housed a children's home since the 20th century, so the interiors are not open to the public. Visitors can still see the sgraffito façade and the remains of the Baroque garden: a gazebo, vases on pedestals and a staircase with a terrace.
The château is located in Dolní Počernice near the Počernický fishpond and is reachable by public transport. The surrounding park offers plenty of space for exploring and spending time outdoors.
Until the 1970s it was believed that no remains of the medieval fortress survived, but later finds showed that the southern part of the east wing stands on the masonry of a Gothic tower fortress, which limits further research. The envelope graffito on the façade dates from the Renaissance rebuilding after 1562, when Matěj Hůlka built the west wing.
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