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Separate tickets for the tower
me pretending to be locked in
castle tower
Fountain FrogsThe Castle Tower...
These are the photos taken by me around Cesky Krumlov !
Being tipped as one of the most beautiful medieval town in Europe ! Added to UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST in 1992.
The chateau here is the 2nd largest in Czech Republic after Prague's.
Wander around the cobble-stoned streets around Cesky Krumlov !
Technical parameters :
Height 54,5 m
Height to arcade 24,6 m
Height from arcade to the top 29,9 m
Height above Vltava river 86 m
Number of steps 162
Number of steps in the tower
(from bottom of the tower jail) 79
Number of Tuscan columns 19
Maximal diameter of the tower 12 m
Maximal thick of the wall 3,7 m
Depth of the tower jail 4,28 m
External length of the Arcade 32,91 m
Internal length of the Arcade 24,31 m
Voltage 220 V 50 Hz
Bells :
Number of Bells - 4 Weight Produced Diameter
1st bell 1800 kg 1406 1,47 m
2nd bell 1400 kg 1671 1,36 m
3rd bell 410 kg 1406 0,84 m
4th bell 75 kg 1744 0,52 m
Historical building development :
The origins of this structure are partly Gothic and partly Renaissance, as is evident from the tower's external appearance. The tower as well as the Little Castle is a segment of a structure dating from the first half of the 13th century. The oldest part of it is the groundfloor and first floor. The origin of the second floor is around the 14th century, while the third floor is part of the Renaissance belfry. We can not eliminate the Gothic origin, however, due to the bell dated 1406. Under the architect Baldassare Maggi of Arogno, the castle was remodelled and converted from a plain Gothic palace into a Renaissance residence, and the tower was provided with an arcaded gallery at the top in 1581. In 1590 the tower was decorated with mural paintings and figural and architectural motifs by Bartolom?j Ber?nek - Jel?nek. In 1947 an ambitious reconstruction of the tower was realized. In 1994 - 96 the paintings and murals underwent reconstruction as well.
