Leontýnský zámek, Gothic Revival château in Roztoky, Czech Republic.
Leontýnský zámek is a château in Roztoky that combines Gothic Revival, Baroque, and historicist architectural styles in its design. The building displays these different stylistic layers across its facade and interior spaces.
Karel Egon von Fürstenberg had the Neoclassical château built in 1820 on the site of the Obora farmstead. In 1865–1866 Prince Max Egon had architect J. Jirusch rebuild it for his wife, Princess Leontýna of Khevenhüller, and it was renamed after her. A floor was added in 1893–1894 and J. B. Urban remodelled it in English Gothic Revival style.
The château is named after Princess Leontýna of Khevenhüller, for whom Max Egon von Fürstenberg had it rebuilt in 1865–1866 by architect J. Jirusch. Nearby stands the Chapel of St. Wenceslas, built in 1866, with a painting of the saint by J. Kroupa.
The château stands beside road II/236 from Roztoky u Křivoklátu toward Karlov, about eight kilometres south of Křivoklát. A green-marked hiking trail passes the site between Dlouhý hřeben and Nový Jáchymov, and blue- and red-marked trails start here for Karlova Ves and Karlov. The nearest chapel of St. Wenceslas, built in 1866, is a short walk away.
The chapel of St. Wenceslas, built near the château in 1866, holds an image of the saint painted by J. Kroupa. From 1964 the château housed a social care institute for youth, and Borromean nuns worked there until 1982.
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