Czechia · Restored
Houska Castle
Houska Castle is an early Gothic castle in the municipality of Blatce in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, built in the late 13th century. It contains a predominantly Gothic chapel, a decorated late-Gothic "green chamber", and a knight's drawing room; folklore holds that a deep pit beneath the castle is a gateway to Hell.
First raised
1300
Its prime
1590
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1590
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact, rectangular ashlar building built tight against a steep natural rock outcrop, with regular small rectangular windows set in smooth squared stone blocks. The low-pitched roof is clad in greenish metal with small dormer openings. The ground floor features a large arched wooden entrance set into the stone façade; a rusted lean-to roof covers a lower window group. Ivy and exposed natural rock form part of the right-hand wall, and an open gravel courtyard sits before the entrance.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1590.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Houska Castle — including 6 interiors: main arched gate (ground floor), gothic chapel, green chamber (late-gothic painted room) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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See Houska Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1590 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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