Svatý Hubert, Baroque hunting lodge in Svatý Hubert, Czech Republic.
Svatý Hubert is a baroque hunting lodge featuring ornamental exterior details and multi-story interior spaces designed for both sport and residence. The layout reflects the dual function of serving as both a hunting pavilion and an aristocratic dwelling.
The Černín family of Chudenice, then owners of the Petrohrad estate, had the lodge built in the early 18th century and named it after Saint Hubert, patron of hunters. A game park was laid out around it. The Černíns held it until 1945, when it was nationalised; the roof and façade were repaired in 1975.
The lodge takes its name from Saint Hubert, patron saint of hunters. Its interior is decorated with hunting trophies, and the weather vane on the lantern above the bell-shaped roof showed which of the eight hunting-ground clearings the hunted game had last passed through.
The lodge stands in the Svatý Hubert settlement, part of Drahouš in the Rakovník district. A yellow hiking trail runs from Jesenice to Velká Chmelištná and a blue trail from Kosobody to Smrk, both passing the building; a small road also leads from Drahouš to Velká Chmelištná. The building serves state forests for recreation, so it is seen from outside rather than toured.
The weather vane on the lantern of the bell-shaped roof showed which of the eight hunting-ground clearings the hunted game had last moved through. Eight straight clearings of the symmetrically divided preserve converged on the spot where the lodge was built.
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