Chrast Castle, Cultural monument and château in Chrast, Czech Republic.

Chrast Castle is a complex of single-storey buildings around an irregular square courtyard. Its oldest part, in Baroque form, fills the southeast side of the town square; a passage through the main building leads to the courtyard and to the municipal office. The east wing is dominated by the Chapel of St John of Nepomuk, topped by a small tower above the passage to the castle garden.

Chrast is first mentioned in 1318 as the property of Radslav of Chrast. Albrecht Slavata made the town a separate estate in 1577, when the fortress whose vaults survive in the oldest wing was probably built. Markéta Berková had the fortress rebuilt as a Renaissance château in the early 17th century. Archbishop Arnošt Vojtěch of Harrach bought the estate in 1656 for 80,000 gold coins as an economic base for the new Bishopric of Hradec Králové, founded in 1664, and the bishops used the château as their residence.

The castle's Chapel of St John of Nepomuk, its presbytery projecting into the garden, is open to visitors along with the representative halls. The Municipal Museum, housed in the castle since 1965, occupies part of the building and opens its collections during thematic exhibitions.

The castle sits roughly 11 kilometers southeast of Chrudim and connects well to the regional railway network. Visitors can explore the surrounding area using local paths and walks that run along and around the Žejbro Stream.

The garden behind the east wing was laid out in the French style in the mid-18th century, not in 1903, and is now a public park. A lime avenue runs from it toward the Chapel of St John of Nepomuk and on to the Church of St Margaret in Podlažice.