Ruins of castle by F. A. Heber - Chvateruby, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

From the history of the castle:
- the first mention of the castle from the years 1219-1222
- in 1467 the castle was conquered army of King George of Podebrady
- in 1567 the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau
- in the 18th century unfinished Baroque reconstruction
- today the castle is mostly in ruins, but in partial conservation work


About painting
The author this painting is František Alexandr Heber (visit link) .
F. A. Heber was a merchant and amateur historian, author of heptamerous book
'Böhmens Burgen, Vesten und Bergschlösser' in which first systematically described and documented Czech castles and fortresses.
The picture shows south-west part of Stary Rybnik castle. You can find in book Cas hradu v Cechách (visit link)

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: F. A. Heber Date of Painting: 01/01/1840 Date of Your Photograph: 01/01/2012 Medium of Painting: engraving

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