Týnec nad Sázavou Castle

The remains of one of the few Romanesque castles in Bohemia can be found on a headland. In the 8th - 10th centuries, there was a hillfort with a palisade, a ditch and a rampart, which had the function of a guard post. It was the fortification - the covering that gave the settlement its name. The first mentions of the castle itself come from the so-called driving plates from 1318. Its oldest part is the rotunda, which was probably built in the 11th…