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Hričov Castle stands on a rock on the northern spur of Súľovské skal 564 meters above sea level, above the village of Hričovské Podhradie. You can reach the castle from this village along the red-marked tourist path. The castle was built in the middle of the 13th century and is also one of the rock castles that used the surrounding rocks for their fortifications.

Beckov Castle was one of the oldest Hungarian castles. It was founded in the 12th century as a royal castle that protected the western border of Hungary. At the beginning of the 14th century, the castle was held by the Hungarian great Matúš Čák Trenčianský, who structurally modified the castle. At the end of the same century, Ctibor from Stibořice owned the castle and he made the castle the center of his extensive estate in western Slovakia.

Tematín Castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century on a rocky hill 564 meters above sea level in the mountains of Považské Inovce and became part of the defense system of the northwestern border of Hungary.

The castle in Holíč has a long and famous history. Already in the 12th century, a wooden castle stood here, which guarded the western border of the Hungarian kingdom. Later, a Gothic water castle was built in its place, which was rebuilt into a Renaissance anti-Turkish fortress. In 1736, Emperor František Lorraine, husband of Empress Maria Theresa, bought the Hólič manor.

Červený Kameň Castle is one of the most famous and most visited castles in Slovakia. This castle stands on a hill 339 meters above sea level in the Small Carpathians, near the village of Častá above the settlement of Píla. From the settlement of Píla, you can reach the castle along the yellow marked tourist path. The castle got its name from the reddish colored rock on which it stands. It was originally a royal castle from the mid-13th century.

The castle in Telč is a Renaissance complex of buildings built on the foundations of a Gothic castle. Rich interiors are installed in the castle buildings. In the Golden Hall, a unique gilded coffered ceiling with carved reliefs in its center. The walls of this hall are then decorated with portraits of noble ancestors. The Blue Hall also has a remarkable coffered ceiling.

A water fortress stood in Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou as early as the 15th century, which the Meziříč family from Lomnica had rebuilt into a Renaissance castle. After Bílá hora, the Questenberk family acquired the castle, and during the height of the Baroque, the well-traveled and educated Count Jan Adam of Questenberk had it rebuilt into a magnificent Baroque residence, which also included the Baroque Church of St. Markets.

On a hill on the left bank of the Jihlava River, near Žerotín Square, stands the Třebíč Castle with the Basilica of St. Procopius. The original Benedictine monastery from 1101 was rebuilt in the middle of the 13th century in the Romanesque-Gothic style into a massive fortress.

Originally a Renaissance castle stands on Vratislav Square, which was later rebuilt in the Baroque style and currently has a richly detailed Neo-Renaissance facade. The castle is the seat of the Horácka Gallery.

There is a permanent exhibition of the classicist line of Czech sculpture of the 20th century, supplemented by a landscape painting in Horáck.