Kroměříž Castle
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castle in the Czech Republic
Key facts
- Official name
- Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
- Location
- Kroměříž , Zlín Region , Czech Republic
- Includes
- Castle Garden and Castle Pleasure Garden
- Criteria
- Cultural: (ii), (iv)
- Inscription
- 1998 (22nd Session )
- Area
- 74.5 ha (184 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 441 ha (1,090 acres)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- castle
- Official name
- zámek
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Area
- 60
- Owned by
- Czech Republic
- Official website
- www.zamek-kromeriz.cz
- Image
- Kromeriz, Marktpl, Schl.jpg
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- heritage designation
- cultural monument of the Czech Republic
- Commons category
- Kroměříž Archbishop's Palace
- architectural style
- baroque architecture
- conscription number
- 1
- native label
- Arcibiskupský zámek Kroměříž
- visitors per year
- 64807
- Commons gallery
- Kroměříž Archbishop's Palace
- P6482
- Kroměříž Castle
- web feed URL
- www.zamek-kromeriz.cz/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Kroměříž Castle (Czech: Zámek Kroměříž or Arcibiskupský zámek, German: Schloss Kremsier) is a castle in Kroměříž in the Czech Republic. It used to be the principal residence of the bishops and (from 1777) archbishops of Olomouc. UNESCO listed the gardens and castle as a World Heritage Site in 1998 because of its exceptionally well-preserved and outstanding Baroque gardens.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kroměříž Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.