Špilberk Castle
Guide
Photo: Michal Kmínek · CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$14SightAllow 1.5–2.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A fortress on a wooded hill above the old town, with a park around its walls, a lookout tower over the city, and dark vaulted casemates dug into the ramparts.
A brief history
Built as a royal castle in the 13th century, it became one of the Habsburg empire's harshest prisons, holding political prisoners in the casemates into the 19th century.
Tips
- Best time
- Late afternoon in the park, sunset from the walls
- Cost
- Park free; casemates and tower about CZK 200 (check)
- Allow
- 1.5–2.5 h
- Free days
- The park and walls are always free
- Hours
- Usually 9:00–17:00 or 18:00, closed Mondays outside summer; the park is open all day (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- Špilberk and Old Brno: The castle's wooded hill west of the centre and the old suburb below it, with St Thomas's Abbey and Mendel's garden.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Partly indoors
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