Vinoř Castle, Baroque château in Vinoř, Prague, Czech Republic.
Vinoř Castle is a baroque building at Mladoboleslavská 1 in Vinoř, Prague, protected as a cultural monument. It was probably built in two phases: a lower structure from the very early 18th century, then rebuilt between 1719 and 1723 to František Maxmilián Kaňka's design, which added an honorary courtyard with farm buildings and a small French garden behind the castle.
Built in two phases: a lower structure from the early 18th century for Heřman Jakub Černín, possibly designed by Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, was rebuilt between 1719 and 1723 to František Maxmilián Kaňka's design, who added an honorary courtyard and a small French garden. The Černíns left in 1917; Otakar Černín was stripped of the estate on 12 April 1921.
The château's name comes from the village of Vinoř, and its small French garden behind the building was laid out under František Maxmilián Kaňka after 1719. Among the guests hosted here by Otakar Černín were Archduke Charles, German Emperor Wilhelm II and Franz Ferdinand d'Este.
Vinoř Castle at Mladoboleslavská 1 is closed to the public and serves as a police facility, so it can only be viewed from outside. A high wall and a concrete panel fence from the 1960s block much of the view; a footpath along the stream behind the castle was created after the rear fence was moved three metres.
After the 2002 floods swamped the police units' base at Veltrusy, the unused château was chosen as their temporary seat; the police themselves consider the listed baroque building unsuitable and would prefer barracks-style premises. A concrete panel wall from the 1960s still blocks the view, and a plan exists to restore the original perimeter wall and side gate to their 17th-century form and then demolish it.
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