Blanen castle in winter

The castle is located a short distance from the city center above the valley of the Palava stream. The castle entrance is entered directly from the northern edge of the vast Republic Square at the end of Rožmitálova Street. An early Gothic fortress was built on the site of today's castle in the 14th century. Its later reconstructions in 1604 and 1695 created today's late Renaissance castle. Only the torso of the cylindrical tower in the…