Petrovice Castle, Baroque château turned neo-Gothic in Petrovice, Czech Republic

Petrovice Castle is a former Baroque Jesuit residence rebuilt in the 19th century in Neo-Gothic style, with polygonal crenellated towers added in 1887. It stands in the centre of Petrovice, north of the smaller Jesuit residence and the church of Saints Peter and Paul, and is surrounded by a landscaped park with a boundary wall.

Petrovice was first mentioned in 1219. In 1650 Přibík Jeníšek z Újezda gave the estate to the Jesuits, who bought it in 1666 and moved their residence here from Krašovice; they built two residences, the larger becoming the present castle. After the order was abolished in 1773, the estate was sold in 1806 to Jan Václav Bechyně z Lažan. In 1887 Vladimír Zhorský had polygonal crenellated towers added in Neo-Gothic style.

The castle began as the large Jesuit residence in Petrovice; the order moved its seat here from Krašovice at the end of the 17th century and kept the estate until the order was dissolved in 1773. The smaller Jesuit residence still stands on the village square by the church of Saints Peter and Paul.

The castle stands in the centre of Petrovice, north of the smaller Jesuit residence and the church of Saints Peter and Paul on the village square. It is bordered by a walled park on its north and east sides; the former brewery buildings and a two-storey granary stand in the park. The castle now houses the Petrovice municipal office, so the interiors are working offices rather than a museum.

The castle has served as the seat of the Petrovice municipal office. In the northern part of the park stand buildings of the former castle brewery, to which a summer cinema was added in the 1970s. East of the castle is a two-storey granary with a low gabled roof.