Prčice Castle, Baroque château in Prčice, Sedlec-Prčice, Czech Republic
Prčice Castle is a baroque building with classical elements in Sedlec-Prčice, Central Bohemia, built on the site of a medieval fortress whose remains are in the perimeter walls. The main building stands in the southern front of a farmyard, flanked by officials' houses and farm buildings, with a park southwest crossed by the Prčice Stream and two ponds, Barborka and Zámecký rybník.
A fortress held by Vítek I of Prčice was documented in 1179; its remains survive in the walls of the present main building. In the mid-16th century Adam Voračický had it rebuilt as a Renaissance château. Between 1740 and 1750 Jan Vít Malovec of Malovice commissioned a Baroque reconstruction designed by František Ignác Prée, followed by Classicist alterations in the 19th century, notably under Karel Burka.
The village name Prčice may derive from the old word prčená, referring to the wooden fortress above the square. The castle later hosted weddings and social events, and since 2021 it has belonged to Prusa Research, which closed the park to the public.
Since 2021 the castle and its park belong to Prusa Research, which closed the park to the public, so the main building can only be seen through the trees from outside. The nearest clear view from a public road is the ornate facade of the officials' house No. 170, passed by the main road toward Sedlec near Vítkovo náměstí.
The castle stands on the site of a third fortress whose remains survive in the outer masonry; a fortress held by Vítek I of Prčice was documented here in 1179. One hypothesis links the village name to the older wooden fortress, called prčená.
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