Vranov nad Dyji - August 2006

Znojmo Region) The first Castle on a steep rock above the River Dyje was documented in 1100. Only a prismatic tower in the barbican and a part of the fortification wall remain from the later construction of a border castle from the 13th century. After a fire in 1665, it was converted into a Baroque mansion in the tree buildings stages to the design of the a Viennese architect Jan B. Fisher from Erlach. A massive Ancestors' Hall (1687-1695), having the ground plan of an ellipse, dramatically affects the silhouette of the castle.