Pátek Castle, Baroque château in Pátek, Czech Republic

Pátek Castle is a one-storey Baroque château on a hill above the right bank of the Ohře, about fifteen kilometres northeast of Louny. Its rectangular plan carries a pavilion-like upper storey with a small tower and clock, and the main façade's windows are rectangular. The entrance portal has a plain sandstone surround bearing a festoon, segmental pediments and a medallion with the letter P.

A fortress of the Strahov Monastery was first recorded at Pátek in 1374. Jan Popel of Lobkovice had it rebuilt as a Renaissance château between 1544 and 1557, and Gundakar of Dietrichstein had the old fortress demolished; construction of the Baroque château to plans by Antonio della Porta began after 1693. The monastery bought the estate back in 1710 for 50,000 guilders.

The castle chapel, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, sits on the first floor and was once separated from the other rooms only by fabric curtains. Mass was held there once a month. The chapel is named in the parish record of the former estate, and its dedication recalls the church calendar of the Strahov monastery, which owned Pátek until 1710.

The château stands on a hill above the right bank of the Ohře, about fifteen kilometres northeast of Louny. It is open to the public during visiting hours; the grounds also hold a former brewery with a Baroque gate, a smithy, a three-storey granary from the first half of the 19th century and the site of a Baroque garden.

The chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary occupied part of the castle's first floor and was separated from the other rooms only by fabric curtains; Mass was held there once a month. The sandstone portal of the main façade carries a festoon, segmental pediments and a medallion with the letter P.