Mesice Baroque Castle

Baroque castle Mešice is a fortress built in 1545 in the village of Mešice, which became part of the city district of Tabor. During the construction of the village and the fortress itself belonged to Prokop Heilovets. At the end of the XVII century, the fortress was rebuilt in the Renaissance style, and later it added elements of baroque. On the territory of the fortress there is a chapel, built in 1751, which is open to the public.

In the castle you can see exclusive exhibits, including: furniture from the estate of famous historical personalities, the dining table and sofa of Reinhard Heydrich (Nazi police general), the desk and leather sofa of Churchill’s wife Clementine, the bed of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia Jan Masaryk, a chest of drawers with a mirror (1939) by Klaus Stauffenberg (the main organizer of the assassination attempt on Hitler), the bedroom (1904) of French Foreign Minister Aristide Brianet, etc.

The castle is open to visitors and houses permanent and temporary exhibitions on various historical themes.