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Valeč Castle, Baroque château in Valeč, Czech Republic.

Valeč Castle stands on the edge of the village of Valeč, near Dalešice. It is a two-storey building with a Baroque appearance from 1712, built on a Renaissance fortress converted in 1534. On the first floor, an original door jamb bears the year 1534 and two coats of arms: the coiled arrow of the Osovský of Doubravice and the crossed branches of the Bítovský of Lichtenburk.

A fortress on this site was first recorded in 1406, when Margrave Jošt released it from manorial tenure; Jan Hovorka of Hartvíkovice is named as owner. Smil Osovský of Doubravice had it rebuilt as a Renaissance castle in 1534, and the lords of Náchod gave it its Baroque form in 1712. From 1945 it served a farm cooperative as a vegetable store and stables.

The castle hosts concerts of the Peter Dvorský International Music Festival, including a 2012 performance by the Rožmberk ensemble and a 2014 evening of Czech songs with mezzo-soprano Jana Wallingerová. Since 2019 a permanent exhibition shows 97 paintings by Oldřich Eichler (1941–2014), joined in 2024 by a display of typewriters from Eduard Hošek's collection.

The castle stands on the edge of Valeč, near Dalešice. It now operates as a hotel with conference rooms, wedding and event spaces, so parts of the building serve guests rather than visitors. The 1973–1989 reconstruction was never completed; the current owner, Bronislav Vala, carried out a full renovation after 2008.

In the first-floor room, the original door jamb bears the year 1534 and two coats of arms: the coiled arrow of the Osovský of Doubravice and the crossed ostrve of the Bítovský of Lichtenburk. The castle also holds a permanent display of 97 paintings by Oldřich Eichler (1941–2014), opened in 2019.

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1534
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baroque architecture
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49.14750,16.03580
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