Radim, Renaissance château in Radim, Czech Republic

Radim is a small Renaissance château built on a square plan of about 35 by 35 metres, with three wings enclosing a courtyard. Its main building follows the Saxon Renaissance style, and the first floor holds a large hall with a gallery and painted decoration. The cellars contain a working black kitchen, and the rooms keep well-preserved beam ceilings with rich ornamental painting.

A fortress at Radim is first documented in 1446, when Matěj Dubecký bought it from the widow of Wolfart of Javora; it stood in marshy ground by the Výrovka stream. Around 1610 Karel Záruba of Hustířany built a new two-storey Renaissance château beside it, and the old fortress was abandoned for farming use. Later owners included the Waldsteins, Šternbergs, Gallas, Pálffy, Šlik, Kinský and Liechtenstein families, who held it for 140 years until selling in 1925.

The residence shows how nobility lived across different periods through its rooms and decorative choices that reveal daily life and tastes of past inhabitants. Visitors can observe the way spaces were arranged to display wealth and status during Renaissance times.

The château is open for tours during visiting hours or by prior arrangement. It stands in Radim in the Kolín District of Central Bohemia, not in the Hradec Králové region. The building is arranged around a courtyard, so allow time to walk from the entrance through the three wings.

The rooms demonstrate an unusual architectural transition where Gothic and Renaissance features exist side by side rather than being completely replaced by one another. This rare coexistence lets visitors directly observe and understand the distinct differences between the two architectural periods without traveling elsewhere.