Cherven's Castle Lgot

The medieval castle of Cherven Lgot, surrounded by the most beautiful English park, it is located on a small rock in the middle of the lake and leads to a single narrow bridge-viaduct. Located about 100 kilometers southwest of Prague. It has an interesting history and, like any castle, is shrouded in many mysteries and legends.

The castle of Cherven Lgot was built in the XIII-XIV centuries (exact date unknown). Initially, it was a Gothic fortress. In 1542-1555 the fortress was rebuilt into a Renaissance castle.

It was many times completed and rebuilt, but, to this day, it has preserved the foundation and fragments of the walls of the fortress, which once stood on this place. Cherven Lgot Castle includes a picturesque park and a chapel that is an integral part of the castle. Among the most interesting exhibits are an antique vase, which is about 2500 years old, and a portrait of the most ugly woman in the world - Margarita of Tyrole.

This castle has absorbed the best features of the “knightly” Renaissance and is of interest not only to tourists, but also to filmmakers. Several Czech fairy tale films were filmed here. Cherven Lgot in 1975. chose for his film-fairy tale “Princess on a pea” Soviet film director Boris Kytsarev. The newlyweds come to the local cozy restaurant to plunge into this magical atmosphere.

In the castle you can take 3 excursions: on the dungeon (only on weekends), on the main pan chambers and children's rooms under the roof. Excursions are conducted in Czech, English and German.

Around the castle you can also make an unforgettable boat trip.