DUCHCOV - Touristic information
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Owner | ČR / NPÚ - územní odborné pracoviště v Ústí nad Labem |
| Kind | National cultural monument |
| Prevalent style | Baroque (incl. rococo) |
| Short description | Originally a Gothic keep, later a Renaissance castle, rebuilt into a palatial Baroque mansion in the 17th and 18th century. In the break of the 18th and 19th century modified in Classicist style, the last owners were Valdštejns family, the castle was sold to the state in the 20s of the 20th century, new castle expositions are being added since the 60s. Monumental western staircase balustrade leads to extensive castle park, originally Baroque, modified into a Romantic english park in the 19th century. The park was damaged a lot due to coal mining in the 60s but has been renovated in the present, there is also a pavilion for Reiner's fresco from a destroyed Baroque spital. Beautiful Baroque Princely garden next to the castle. Many M. B. Braun's sculptures. |
| Expositions | Ceremonial staircase, Valdštejnský hall with kin gallery and monumental fresco by V. V. Reiner, Classicist corridor with exposition of graphics from the 17th and 18th century, Biliard hall, three rooms for Valdštejns servants from the last third of the 18th century, Giacomo Casanova's flat (cabinet and bedroom), who spent his last 13 years of life here as a librarian, Paris lounge, library. This season will be opened the first part of renovated Valdštejnské museum - Military armory. Exposition in the groundfloor The Treasure from Depositories (renovated collection pieces: paintings (among others Venus and Adonis by B. Spranger, a painting from Rudolf II. Colections), porcellain, weapons, clocks, pilgrim Virgin Mary Baroque puppet, etc. Baroque Princely garden, castle park Pavilion with Reiner's fresco is long term closed due to reconstructions. |
| Interesting detail | Giacomo Casanova spent his very last 13 years on this castle. He worked here as a librarian but he was as well an interesting companion to Valdštejns and Clary-Aldringens in nearby Teplice. Casanova also wrote a big part of his literary works here, among others The History of My Life (famous Casanova's memoirs) and The History of Lead Chambers Escape. His death chair is a part of the permanent exposition, he was intered by a nearby St. Barbora church, the exact place remains unknown. |
| Myth | Casanova byl pochován na dnes již zaniklém hřbitově u kaple sv.Barbory. Vypráví se, že dámy lemem svých šatů zachytávaly o kovovou obrubu Casanovova hrobu, což bylo interpretováno tak, že slavný milovník nedá ženám pokoj ani po smrti. Dnešní místo odpočinku benátského kavalíra v Duchcově není známo a je obestřeno tajemstvím. Není totiž pravděpodobné, že by svobodní zednáři, k nimž se Casanova hlásil dopustili, aby ostatky jejich přítele zůstaly nepohřbeny. V zámecké expozici, jediném muzeu G.Casanovy na světě, je křeslo, ve kterém Casanova zemřel. Traduje se, že muž, který se do něj posadí, bude pro ženy tak neodolatelný, jako pan Casanova. V zámku se rovněž vypráví, že za sychravých, deštivých nocí jsou na chodbách severního zámeckého křídla slyšet kroky a hlas pana Casanovy, který jednou hubuje služebnictvo, jindy proklíná kuchaře, že mu špatně uvařil makaróny. V tajném kabinetu prý pan Casanova dodnes dopisuje své slavné paměti, které nikdy nebyly dokončeny, ve chvílích oddychu pak prý po půlnoci hrává v Biliárovém sále kulečních se svým ochráncem a zaměstnavatelem hrabětem Josefem Karlem Emanuelem z Valdštejna. |
| Valuation | The castle offers an unique Italian architecture, many Braun's plastics, collections of precious paintings and graphics, a beautiful park and Princely garden with outlook over Krušné Hory. Above all G. Casnova museum, one of its kind in the whole world. |
| Present condition | Preserved |
| Open for public | With a guide |
| Touristic information | |
| Entrance fee | Full entrance fee: 60 CZK Half entrance fee: 30 CZK Family entrance fee: 140 CZK |
| Sightseeing tour | Sightseeing tour Č, A, N, R, texts in A, N, F, Š, I, R at hand. Duration 60 mins, max. 45 persons, at least 5. It is forbidden for animals to enter all castle areal. |
| Locations | |
| GPS coordinates | X: 34-11-265 Y: 56-08-850 |
| Country | Bohemia (Čechy) |
| Region | Ústecký kraj |
| District | Teplice |
| City | Duchcov |
| Street | Nám. Republiky 9 |
| Locations | 15 kms North-east from Most. The castle is located right in the city centre, entrance is from the town square. |
| Contact | |
| City | Duchcov |
| Street | Nám. Republiky 9 |
| ZIP code | 419 01 |
| Phone | +420 417835301, 417835321 |
| Fax number | +420 417835170 |
| zamekdux@iol.cz | |
| WWW | www.npu.cz/zprist/zobrazeni_pamatky/?pamatka=27 |
| Access and localities | |
| Parking | 0.1 km |
| Bus | 0.3 km |
| Train | 2 km |
| Automapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:100 000 (turistický), strana č. 24 a SHOCART 1:150 000, strana č. 10 c SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 6 c |
| Cyklo-turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 17 b |
| Other | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 6 c |
| Turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 17 b |
| Services | |
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| Barrierless access | 
Partial |
