Čakovice Castle, Renaissance château in Čakovice district, Czech Republic
Čakovice Castle stands at Cukrovarská 23 in Prague-Čakovice, next to the buildings of the Čakovice sugar factory. The château, rebuilt in the classical style for Alexandr Schoeller after 1849, faces an English park that also served as an orchard.
The site began as a fortress, badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War. Antonie of Klebelsberg had it rebuilt as a château between 1773 and 1785; in 1849 Viennese industrialist Alexandr Schoeller bought it and had it redone in Neoclassical style, also building the adjoining sugar factory.
Since 1974 the castle has housed the Marie Podvalová Elementary Art School, named after the opera singer born in Čakovice. The building's name comes from the village, first recorded as a fortress before its 1773–1785 conversion into a château.
Čakovice Castle stands at Cukrovarská 23 in Prague-Čakovice, directly beside the buildings of the Čakovice sugar factory, with the English park lying between the factory and the château. The park, once also used as an orchard, holds two protected trees of above-average height and age: a common ash and a ginkgo biloba.
The château grounds hold two protected trees, a tall common ash and a ginkgo biloba, both of above-average height and age. Since 1974 the building has housed the Marie Podvalová Elementary Art School, named after the opera singer born in Čakovice.
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