Ceske Budejovice Off The Beaten Path

  Komercni banka palace
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      Komercni banka palace
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      Komercni banka palace
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  • Kratochvile - interior
      Kratochvile - interior
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  • Kratochvile - the church
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Bank building
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My favorite building in Ceske Budejovice was across the street from Masny Kramy, on the corner of Krajinska and Hroznova Streets, the Komercni banka palace built during 1912-1913 in the Art Nouveau style. I believe it's still a bank but we didn't try to go in, the reference to the building I saw suggested that the interior might be interesting if you have a chance to go inside.

Written Jun 8, 2008

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The whole area is rather muddy and the cas
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Kratochvile

The whole area is rather muddy and the castle is built on thousands of oak-trunks (like in Venice). These trunks have to be kept wet in order to be strong enough to hold the heavy building. That is one of the reasons, why the artificial lake around the castle had to constructed, and will permanentely be supplied with sufficient water.

Written Jul 2, 2003

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Great frescos on the wall
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Kratochvile

Great frescos on the wall
of the castle, that was used also for the living-quaters of the servants.
Just walk around the whole walls, in order not to miss anything - the best frescos will
be seen between the entrance-tower and the church !

Written Jul 2, 2003

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a great painted door
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Kratochvile - interior

a great painted door
will take you into one of the rooms with a lovely oven, made completely of tiles, and with another great ceiling.
The building's outside fassade is under restauration at the moment, and at many places you may see also great frescos on the fassade.

Written Jul 2, 2003

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Kratochvile - inside the castle
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Kratochvile - inside the castle
each room has different decorations on the ceilings.
There is a permanent exhibition about "animated films" , that was not so very special...
...BUT the different paintings and graffitis were simply excellent and unique.
Simply follow the signs through the rooms in order not to miss anything.

Written Jul 2, 2003

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Kratochvile - the church
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Kratochvile - the church
is the first place you will visit on the tour. They play choral-music inside the church
all day long, turned off only during the tours.
The church is rather small, but has a great ceiling with wonderful decorations.
After visiting the church, I left the tour, as I had seen the castle already on my own,
just with my camera

Written Jul 2, 2003

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The entrance tower
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Kratochvile

The entrance tower is still used today as the only entrance, with the ticket-office and souvenir-shop.
Some parts of the castle may be visited by GUIDED tours only ( like the church ), while the castle itself may be entered also on your own.
These guided tours are in Chech language only, but foreigners get in advance a leaflet
with great explanations, that may be read before the tour.
It is a pity I do not understand ANY Chechian...
...as the lady said something about Fotografia at the beginning - I am sure she was telling us, it is NO problem to take pics... :)
( as there were also NO signs telling me the contrary )

Updated Jul 2, 2003

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Kratochvile was built 1583-1589
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Kratochvile was built 1583-1589

in a very unique style with a castle in the middle, surrounded by a small artificial lake,
that was surrounded by a great garden and finally fenced by a wall, an entrance-tower and
a small church.

Updated Jul 2, 2003

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Kratochvile - built for Vilem v. Rosenberg
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Kratochvile - built for Vilem von Rosenberg

who was a rich merchant and wanted to have a summercastle in the Italian Renaissance style.
So he ordered this castle from his italian architect Baltazar Maggi di Arogno.

Written Jul 2, 2003

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The Renaissance-castle of Kratochvile
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The Renaissance-castle of Kratochvile
is about 1 Km west of the village Netolice, and is easily to be found, as it is directely
on the main road.
There is a big parking for your car and a man collecting a fee of 24 Kronen ( less than 1 $ )

Written Jul 2, 2003

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