KARLSTEJN CASTLE
• Charles (Karl) IV
• Foundation & history
• Architectural
• Entrance part
Imperial palace
• Courtiers' Hall
• Vassals' Hall
• Chapter Deanery
• Bedchamber
• Audience Hall
• Hall of Ancestors
• Banquet Hall
The Marian Tower
• Treasure House
• Cervenka
• Chapel of Our Lady
• St. Catherine's Chapel
The Great Tower
• Chapel of the H. Rood

Manors, Castles, Towns

TROSKY CASTLE
• The ground plan
• Extra: Photobook

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Special: Karlstejn Castle in Image Viewer. Extra: Photobook Prague
Extra: Central Europe at the time of Charles IV: very large map.
Extra: ground plan of the castle. Extra: Photobook (inside)
Present castle: the result of a number of repairs and reconstructions
Access was gained to the castle through the gate called Vorsilka
Originally a 3-storeyed building on the southern side of the castle
First floor: the first interior to be visited during a sightseeing tour
First floor: formerly called the White Hall or the Hall of Knights
First floor: the Karlstejn chapter was founded as part of the castle
Second floor: served the needs of the emperor
The room in which the Emperor Charles resided
Where all social life was concentrated at Charles's time
Portraits link up chronologically with those in the Hall of Ancestors
First floor: The Treasury
First floor: Articles which formed a direct part of the furnishings
Ground-floor: These rooms served various purposes
Second floor: Originally the whole floor was taken up by one room
Second floor: The emperor's former private chapel
Housed the coronation jewels of the Roman Empire
Expressed here was the imaginary world of Heavenly Jerusalem

Monasteries & Pilgrimages, museums, ruins & much more - very nice

Overhanging the beautiful scenery of the Bohemian Paradise.
Founded at the end of the 14th century by the House of Vartenberk