Staré Hrady Castle, Renaissance château in Staré Hrady, Czech Republic.

Staré Hrady is a Renaissance chateau complex formed from an originally Gothic castle, of which only the palace in the west wing of the core and the church in the first courtyard survive. Jiří Pruskovský z Pruskova rebuilt it as a four-winged chateau with a large outer bailey. The facade of the entrance wing of the outer bailey carries Renaissance block, vegetal and figural sgraffito.

The fortress began as a Gothic structure in 1340 and underwent major renovation during the Renaissance period when architectural workshops updated its design. These changes shaped the appearance that survives to the present day.

The castle's name, Staré Hrady, means "Old Castle" in Czech. Since 2008 the complex has been open to the public with five guided tour routes, and its cellars hold a summer colony of 30 to 60 female lesser horseshoe bats, a species protected under Natura 2000.

The castle reopened to the public in 2008 and offers five separate guided tour routes. The interiors display two portrait busts of the first Habsburg emperors on the Czech throne, carved in the mid-16th century. The cellars, a Natura 2000 site, shelter a summer colony of 30–60 female lesser horseshoe bats.

The castle cellars are a Natura 2000 site because of a summer colony of the critically endangered lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros); 30 to 60 females stay here each year. The bats share the vaulted spaces with the castle's visitor exhibitions.