Zámek Žeranovice, Cultural monument and château in Žeranovice, Czech Republic.
Zámek Žeranovice is a three-winged building on a slight rise in the middle of the village, about 5 km southeast of Holešov. Its Neo-Gothic form dates from an 1852 rebuild: the upper parts of the west and east wings end in crenellations, the east wing includes a massive two-storey square tower, and the north wing has a cornice below the roof. Cross and barrel vaults survive in the cellars and some ground-floor rooms.
A fortress acquired by Albrecht Kotulínský in 1629 was rebuilt as a Renaissance château, probably under the Kotulínský family, before the mid-17th century. In 1852 Karel Maxmilián Seilern-Aspang had architect Friedrich demolish the south wing and give the building smooth façades and a two-storey square tower. The Seilerns lost it in the First Land Reform; the Pálek family sold it to the municipality in the 1950s.
The château now houses the Žeranovice municipal office, and part of the ground floor is fitted out as a restaurant. The building has been protected as a cultural monument since 3 May 1958 under register number 25370/7-6195. The village lies about 5 km southeast of the centre of Holešov in the Kroměříž district.
The château stands on a slight rise in the middle of Žeranovice, about 5 km southeast of Holešov. The municipal office occupies the building and part of the ground floor is fitted out as a restaurant, so the interior is reached through these uses. A small garden surrounds the north and south sides.
The south wing was demolished in 1852 during Friedrich's Neo-Gothic rebuild, leaving the present three-wing layout; the east wing was reshaped into a two-storey square tower. A wooden covered walkway was added on the courtyard side of the north wing's first floor.
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