Trpísty Castle ( cs, zámek Trpísty, german: Schloss Trpist) is a late

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

manor house in

Trpísty Trpísty (german: Trpist) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Trpísty lies approximately east of Tachov, west of Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: ...

in the

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region ( cs, Plzeňský kraj; german: Pilsner Region) is an administrative unit (''kraj'') in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň (English, german: Pilsen). In terms of area, Plzeň Reg ...

of the Czech Republic.

History and description

The castle was built in 1729 for Count Prosper Anton Josef of Sinzendorf on the site of a medieval fortress. The architect of the house was most likely

Jakub Auguston Jakub Auguston Jr. (born Giacomo Agustoni; c. 1668, possibly in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropol ...

. The extravagant layout and decoration of the house set it apart from Auguston's other works in provincial style, so Trpísty either is his best and most mature project or it has been designed by somebody else. The layout of the building is based on two pavilions (the North and South Wing) connected by two large oval rooms protruding in the middle of the East and West facades. The

piano nobile The ''piano nobile'' (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, ''bel étage'') is the principal floor of a palazzo. This floor contains the main reception and bedrooms of the hou ...

on the first floor is lavishly decorated with allegorical baroque

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es in stucco mirrors, while the main drawing room boasts a large fresco on its entire vaulted ceiling depicting an

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of the Sinzendorf family and historic scenes from the Ottoman Court. The large formal garden was landscaped in the English style in the 19th century and contains today a rich collection of rare trees, among them a 19th-century female Ginkgo tree. The castle, its park and outbuildings are among the last remaining examples of 18th century Bohemian

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

s embedded in its original landscape without visible changes in the wake of industrialisation or subsequent destruction during the communist rule and belong to the most valuable historic estates in Central Europe. Today the castle is privately owned and gradually reconstructed.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trpisty Castle Houses completed in 1729 Tachov District Houses in the Czech Republic Buildings and structures in the Plzeň Region 1729 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire