Žampach

The ruins of the early Gothic Žampach castle stand on a distinctive conical hill above the village of the same name in the Pardubice region, west of Letohrad. The castle was divided by a deep, rock-hewn moat into a larger Předhradí and a smaller castle. Today, both parts are connected by a footbridge. In Předhradí, the foundations of the prismatic tower, called Bílá, the remains of the perimeter wall and the lower part of the round tower uncovered by archaeologists have been preserved. On…