Zámek Dobřichovice, Renaissance château in Dobřichovice, Czech Republic.
Zámek Dobřichovice is a three-winged building with a prismatic tower, decorated with Renaissance sgraffito. The main tract and east wing are single-storey, while the west wing forms the Chapel of St Jude Thaddeus. A perimeter wall with two gates surrounds the grounds, which include a gatehouse and courtyard; the first floor is reached by a two-arm staircase in the tower.
The Knights of the Cross with the Red Star received Dobřichovice from King Wenceslas I in 1253 but lost it during the Hussite Wars. A fortress on the site was first mentioned in 1420, when Sigismund of Luxembourg granted the village to Sigismund Bolechovec of Pušperk; Grand Master Matěj z Třebska later bought it back. In the 16th century Grand Master Antonín Brus z Mohelnice had the fortress rebuilt as a summer residence, and after fires in 1659 and 1779 it was restored in late Baroque form with its tower.
The château has served as the cultural and social centre of Dobřichovice since 2004, when the town took it on a long lease. Services are held in the Chapel of St. Jude Thaddeus, and part of the building houses the Zámecký had restaurant. The château also appeared in scenes from the film Nahota na prodej.
Since 2004 the municipality of Dobřichovice has held the château on a long-term lease and runs it as a cultural and social centre. Mass is held in the Chapel of St Jude Thaddeus, and part of the building houses the restaurant Zámecký had. The first floor is reached by a two-arm staircase inside the tower.
In 1969 the local priest Šimeček found 56 Baroque paintings while cleaning the castle cellar, among them portraits of the order's grand masters, including Václav Horák by Václav Brožík. They are now shown in the Knights' convent by Charles Bridge in Prague. Some scenes of the film Nahota na prodej were shot here.
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