Ledeč nad Sázavou - castle

It is located on the right bank of the Sázava on a prominent rocky headland, which is 100 m long and 80 m wide. It is surrounded by the river Sázava on one side and the Olešenský stream on the other. Originally, a wooden fortress stood here to protect the so-called Želivska route from Jihlava via Ledeč to Prague. In the first half of the 13th century, the first stone castle was built here. Originally an early Gothic building, it was gradually rebuilt in the Renaissance style and…