Karlstejn
Castle Tour
The tour will take about 4-5 hours and cost
around €30 ($37.50), including entrance fees, but not including lunch.
Karlstein
Castle differs entirely from other 14th century castles. In Prague, Charles IV
built a family, royal and imperial residence based on genius Ioci, utilizing Kasperk and Radyne as watch castles, Lauf at
Nuremberg and Tangermunde as the center of the
imperial feoffs and domains and other big and small castles as hunting seats or
places to rest upon journeys.
At Karlstejn, however, Charles IV fully
developed in architectural forms the entire complicated system of his world
outlooks and ideas on state, the ideology of the monarchal powers of the Czech
king and his imperial dignity. His richly developed mystic thinking and
feeling, his allegorical fantasy and the high demands he placed on culture
predetermined the building program of the castle. The foundation stone of Karlstein was laid in 1348 and the main building works
lasted to 1356, the year of Charles' coronation as emperor. Charles IV devoted
care to the rich interior decoration of the castle until the time of his death
on 1378. For more information about Karlstein
Castle, click on the links and pictures below.
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· http://www.hradkarlstejn.cz/ -- click on eyeball for panoramic pictures · http://www.frommers.com/destinations/prague/0063020749.html · http://www.castles.org/castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Czech_Republic/czech1.htm |
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