Zámecká zahrada in Vyškov, Heritage garden in Vyškov, Czech Republic.
The Zámecká zahrada is a 1.7-hectare garden of regular ground plan near Vyškov Castle, divided by paths into four sections with ornamental plantings along the promenade. Its dominant features are a fountain at the path crossing and a loggia of 1673 with seven arcades on Tuscan columns, topped by a balustrade.
Bishop Stanislav I. Thurzo had the Vyškov garden renewed after taking the bishop's seat in 1497. Swedish troops plundered and burned the castle in 1643, and a Latin inscription on the garden gate praises repairs by Karl II of Liechtenstein, dated 1673, the year of the garden loggia. After a fire in 1753 the garden declined; it was restored from 1957 and reopened on 7 June 1964.
The garden's name refers to the castle it was laid out in front of, rebuilt from a late Gothic castle in the second half of the 17th century. A Latin inscription on the entrance gate praises repairs made by Karl II of Liechtenstein and is said to date from 1673, the year also found by the bishop's coat of arms on the garden loggia.
The garden lies on Cukrovarská Street beside the cemetery, near Vyškov Castle and the Zoopark. Its main promenade axis was widened during the first decade of the 21st century, when footpaths were surfaced with mechanically compacted aggregate and public lighting, benches and bins were installed. The southern wire fence was replaced by a wall with entrance gates.
Archaeological excavation during the 2026 reconstruction uncovered a cremation grave from the Middle Bronze Age, around 1500 BC, with human remains, pottery and bronze ornaments, documented by staff of the Vyškov Region Museum. The find shows the site was settled long before the garden was laid out.
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