castle in Zahrádky in Českolipsk

The village is located in the north of Bohemia, 6 km south of Česká Lípa at the intersection of the roads to Prague and Litoměřice.
A picturesque Renaissance castle from the middle of the 16th century modified at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, it was built on the foundations of the original Nový Vítkovec fortress by Jan of Vantenberk. The seat passed into the ownership of the Vantenberk family, the Valdštejn family, and subsequently the Kounic family. Since 1936, the last noble family in the castle have been…