A castle gem named Kost

Presenting Kost Castle is probably carrying firewood into the forest, but even so, we will bring a little of that firewood to the forest... We are heading approx. 4 km northwest of Sobotka, to one of our best-preserved Gothic castles. Kost Castle, dominated by the prismatic trapezoidal White Tower, was built after 1371, probably during the time of Peter of Vartenberk. The castle was originally built on the plan of a pentagon, which…