Miletín Castle, Baroque château in Miletín, Czech Republic.
Miletín Castle is a Baroque château in the town of Miletín in the Podkrkonoší region. It is a rectangular building with two-storey projections on all its facades; on the north side there is an arcaded passage with a balcony and a Baroque portal. It was founded in 1693 by Count Jiří Fridrich of Oppersdorf.
The present château was founded in 1693 by Count Jiří Fridrich of Oppersdorf; still unfinished, it largely burned in 1699, and a new contract for its completion was signed in 1703. A roof fire followed in 1753, and in 1846 another blaze gutted it except for the ground-floor vaulting; it was restored the next year in Empire style. From 1948 it served as a children's home and later a customs training centre, and in 1998 it was returned to the heirs of the last owners.
Since 12 August 2006 the castle has housed the opening section of the Museum of Amateur Theatre of the Czech National Theatre in Podkrkonoší, devoted to amateur stage companies. The displays document this tradition in the Miletín region rather than local crafts.
The castle stands in the centre of Miletín, near the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. Since 12 August 2006 its opening exhibition has been the Museum of Amateur Theatre of the Czech Podkrkonoší, run by the National Theatre. The building was restored to the descendants of its last owners in 1998 and had stood unused before the museum opened.
The castle's northern side has an arcaded passage with a balcony and a Baroque portal. Since 12 August 2006 the building has housed the opening section of the Museum of Amateur Theatre of the Czech National Theatre in Podkrkonoší.
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