CHRAST - Touristic information
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Město Chrast / Městské muzeum v Chrasti |
| Prevalent style | Baroque (incl. rococo) |
| Short description | Originally a Renaissance castle, Baroque extended, a mansion during 1662 - 1948, later a summer residence to Hradec Králové bishops. |
| Expositions | Geology and paleonthology, archeology and Chrast origins and evolution, town natives, handcrafts, zakar weaving looms. The areal of former St. Jan Nepomucký Castle Chapel now used as a concert hall. Museum gallery. Castle garden. |
| Interesting detail | Facsimile of a huge book - Codex gigas - written in the 12th - 13th century by the monks in Benedictine Monastery in Podlažice. |
| Present condition | Preserved |
| Open for public | Individually or with a guide |
| Touristic information | |
| Entrance fee | Full entrance fee: 20 CZK Half entrance fee: 10 CZK |
| Sightseeing tour | Sightseeing tour duration 90 mins, max. 30 persons. |
| Locations | |
| GPS coordinates | X: 35-67-525 Y: 55-30-294 |
| GPS string | 6730ZA |
| Country | Bohemia (Čechy) |
| Region | Pardubický kraj |
| District | Chrudim |
| City | Chrast |
| Street | Náměstí 1 |
| Locations | 10 kms South-east from Chrudim. |
| Contact | |
| City | Chrast |
| Street | Náměstí 1 |
| ZIP code | 538 51 |
| Phone | +420 469667194 |
| muzeum@mestochrast.cz | |
| Access and localities | |
| Parking | 0.1 km |
| Bus | 0.1 km |
| Train | 1 km |
| Automapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:100 000 (turistický), strana č. 73 d SHOCART 1:150 000, strana č. 43 b SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 20 c |
| Cyklo-turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 30 e |
| Turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 30 e |
| Services | |
| Services |       |
| Other services | Sightseeing tours booking, souvenirs sales, spaces for rent. |
| Barrierless access | 
No |
