Tochovice Castle, Empire style castle in Tochovice, Czech Republic.
Tochovice Castle is an Empire-style château located in the Czech village of Tochovice, distinguished by its symmetrical design. The structure displays white walls, large rectangular windows, and a mansard roof that typifies early 19th-century construction.
A fortress stood here from the first half of the 13th century, built by the monastery of St John the Baptist on the island of Davle. The estate passed through the Zmrzlík of Svojšína and Lokšan families, then the Jeníšek of Újezd until their line died out in 1728. In the early 19th century, under Duchess Dorothea Talleyrand-Périgord, an Empire-style château replaced the old fortress; Josef Vratislav of Mitrovice bought it in 1815 for his wife Gabriela.
The castle holds protected status as a cultural monument and represents an important preservation site for Czech heritage. Its white facades and surrounding grounds create a focal point in the local landscape that people value and maintain.
Tochovice Castle stands in the village of Tochovice, about 15 km south of Příbram in the Central Bohemian Region. The castle itself is closed to the public, so visits are limited to viewing the exterior and the landscaped English park that surrounds it.
The left wing's ground floor has an open arcade of eight arches, with eight columns carrying the arcade above; the right wing, now with a plain facade, once housed the stables and coach house. The château has been in private hands since the 1990s restitution, returned to Anna Bucherová, daughter of Arnošt Schwarzenberg.
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