Buchlovice Castle

This medieval fortress, which did not meet the increasing demands for a comfortable and prestigious residence, ceased to suit its owners, who decided at the beginning of the 18th century to replace it with the grandiose castle in Buchlovice.

Around the castle an Italian-style park was created, which was extended and altered in the English style in the first half of the 19th century and is among the most valuable of its kind in the Czech Republic.

[2] The heiress Theresia, Baroness Petřvaldský of Petřvald (1727-1768) married Count Posper Anton Berchtold von Ungarschitz (1720-1807).

On September 16, 1908, in the run-up to the Bosnian Crisis, Count Leopold II Berchtold, ambassador of Austria-Hungary in Saint Petersburg, hosted the meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolsky and Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister Count Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal in his castle.

The castle is open to the public and visitors can admire the state rooms, and chambers with rich stucco work and painted ceilings.