Our family visited with Marek and Pavla Lustyk and their children this evening. We had a really nice visit, with their children and our children getting to spend time playing together. On the way to their house, I stopped and snapped a couple of photos of Košumberk Castle in the town of Luže. I have passed this castle many times, but am not sure if I've ever taken any pictures of it from a distance. According to the website for the castle, it dates from the late 1200's. For the people living below it, it must be really interesting looking out their windows every day and seeing these impressive ruins. Although only in Czech, the website has a lot more photographs: www.hrady.dejiny.cz/kosumberk/
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Steven, when I was in Brno last year I remember Jan and Kamila showing me a book with info on all the Czech castles and chateaus. Wow! It seems to me that an enthusiast could visit one every weekend for decades.
Would the pictured castle have a private owner? Or is it state-owned?
Hello Lee, this particular castle is state-owned, I think. There are no shortages of castles to go see. Just a part of the legacy of this section of Europe being the main highway for armies marching east to west, west to east, etc.
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