Velké Meziříčí, Gothic Revival château in Velké Meziříčí, Czech Republic

Velké Meziříčí Château is a Renaissance château rebuilt in 1578 on a rock foundation of natural stone, originally a 13th-century castle with two ramparts, three towers and five bastions. After a fire in 1723 it was rebuilt in modified form; its present appearance was shaped by 19th-century Gothic Revival alterations. It stands above the town and shows the coat of arms of the Podstatzký-Lichtenstein family.

A castle existed here by the 1230s, when Budislav of Meziříčí is documented in 1236; a hall with early Gothic frescoes survives from 13th-century building work. Alena Meziříčská of Lomnice completed its conversion into a Renaissance château in 1578. After a fire in 1723 it was rebuilt in Baroque form by builder Ferdinand Václav Špaček, finished in 1733, and later received Gothic Revival alterations under the Lobkowicz family.

The château has housed the Velké Meziříčí Museum since 1948, and its former Gothic hall now serves as a private chapel of the Podstatzký-Lichtenstein family, consecrated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and re-blessed by Brno bishop Pavel Konzbul on 13 July 2024. The family's coat of arms is displayed on the building.

The château stands on a rock foundation of natural stone, and its grounds include the former game preserve that became the castle park. Part of the interiors has served the Velké Meziříčí Museum since 1948, while the building itself has been privately owned since the 1995 restitution. The former Gothic hall holds the Podstatzký family chapel, re-blessed on 13 July 2024.

In 1909 Count František Harrach hosted imperial military manoeuvres at the château, attended by Emperor Franz Joseph I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand d'Este and German Emperor Wilhelm II; the château was electrified for the occasion. A private chapel of the Podstatzký-Lichtenstein family, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, occupies the former Gothic hall and was re-blessed on 13 July 2024 by Brno bishop Pavel Konzbul.