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Events in year 2006
2. –3. VI. – Casanova Festivities and exhibition of bonsais in the Knížecí GardenVI.–VIII. – exhibition of the painter and set designer, Jan Vančura
IX.–X. – exhibition of the carver and sculptor Jiří Netík in the course of Státní zámek Duchcov the year a number of concerts in the Wallenstein Hall in the course of the season demonstration of birds of prey in the first chateau courtyard
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Novelties at the Chateau in Duchcov
The estate of Duchcov belonged to the family Wallenstein from 1642. Thanks to them, during the 17th and 18th centuries an extensive Baroque complex originated there connected with the chateau park and decorated by the sculptures by Matyáš Bernard Braun. The sightseeing round includes the billiard room, the rooms of the chateau personnel and the exposition devoted to the most famous inhabitant of the chateau Duchcov, Giacomo Casanova who lived the last thirteen years of his life there as the chateau librarian and also died there. In the luxurious Baroque hall the visitors may see the Wallenstein family gallery and ceiling decorations that are the work of Václav Vavřinec Reiner. Prepared in 2006 is the opening of the first part of the renewed Wallenstein museum with the military armoury, made accessible will also be the exposition the Treasures from depositaries with restored pictures and other artefacts from the chateau collections. Opened newly in the first chateau courtyard is also the chateau restaurant.
Státní zámek Duchcov
Náměstí Republiky 9419 19 Duchcov
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The monastery of the Cistercians in Osek
Dominating the pilgrimage place at the foothill of the Krušné hory (Mountains) is the grand Cistercian monastery that determined, for centuries, the history of the town and the wide surroundings. The monastery, founded at the end of the 12th century, was gradually extended in the style of Burgundian Gothic with later Baroque adjustments. The core of the present-day complex is the Baroque temple of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, built as Romanesque basilica at the beginning of the 13th century. The most valuable part of the monastery is represented by the early Gothic capitular hall with Romanesque stone reading pulpit with the base in the form of a knot. In the monumental area of the monastery the visitors may see the paradise courtyard with ambits, the well chapel and also the picturesque terrace garden divided into the decorative and utility parts. Running and still water, sculptures, minor architecture and valuable decorative wood species created a remarkable landscape whole there.