A small town on the banks of the river Otava. Just realize that Strakonice to be proud of rather industry than tourist attractions. But not always, the city was in this state. Hrad Strakonice appeared approximately in 1180 at the crossroads of trade routes. The first owner was rod Bavoriv. Bevor I in 1243 gave the Eastern part of the castle, the Church and hospital of the knights of the order of St. John, and then between the Church and the Palace erected a corridor with vaults with brick ribs. The beginning of the XIV century frescoes covering the arches and are the earliest of the wall paintings North of the Alps. They tell of the agony of Christ.
Bavory owned hail to 1420, until it was bought by the order of St. John. Then here was built the residence of the Grand prior. The head of the order moved here from Prague in the beginning of the Hussite wars. An extensive Renaissance reconstruction started Grand prior Jan of Romberga. Triathlete war touched Strakonice castle. In 1694, the Grand prior returned to Prague, after which the castle was abandoned and began to deteriorate. The oldest part of the castle is a three — storey Palace In the Eastern direction it continues the building team (the home of the knights, the residence of the commander — Manager of the estates belonging to the order. — Approx. ed.) with the local capitular hall with Gothic cross vaults and frescoes. A little further there is a cloister with a unique portals of the Church. Prokop with a massive square tower and less massive sacristy on the South side.
On the South facade have to ditch out of the Palace bloc is rectangular in plan tower Jelenka (deer) with large er-Cernymi Windows again on krakora. Here today hear music mp3, the local youth prefers the most. Tours of Strakonice offers tours of the local capitular hall, the cloister, rooms in the old Palace with wall paintings and medieval sculpture, and you can climb to the observation deck of the tower of the Gothic Rampal — ex "podomoro". Many beautiful buildings were destroyed, the city is today a tourist center.
Bavory owned hail to 1420, until it was bought by the order of St. John. Then here was built the residence of the Grand prior. The head of the order moved here from Prague in the beginning of the Hussite wars. An extensive Renaissance reconstruction started Grand prior Jan of Romberga. Triathlete war touched Strakonice castle. In 1694, the Grand prior returned to Prague, after which the castle was abandoned and began to deteriorate. The oldest part of the castle is a three — storey Palace In the Eastern direction it continues the building team (the home of the knights, the residence of the commander — Manager of the estates belonging to the order. — Approx. ed.) with the local capitular hall with Gothic cross vaults and frescoes. A little further there is a cloister with a unique portals of the Church. Prokop with a massive square tower and less massive sacristy on the South side.
On the South facade have to ditch out of the Palace bloc is rectangular in plan tower Jelenka (deer) with large er-Cernymi Windows again on krakora. Here today hear music mp3, the local youth prefers the most. Tours of Strakonice offers tours of the local capitular hall, the cloister, rooms in the old Palace with wall paintings and medieval sculpture, and you can climb to the observation deck of the tower of the Gothic Rampal — ex "podomoro". Many beautiful buildings were destroyed, the city is today a tourist center.
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