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Museum of Dolls and Teddy-Bears in Troskovice – the Single Museum in the Czech Republic
The museum is situated in the heart of the Český ráj (the Bohemian Paradise), under the castle Trosky. In the building built in the rural style located on the area of 300 m2 are approximately one thousand exhibits. The visitors have the possibility to compare historic dolls made since 1840 with modern dolls from the production of our and world artists and designers. In a part of the museum presented is the development of dolls divided according to the traditional materials, missing are not the components necessary for their production and examples of the most modern conception of dolls. Seen can also be the perambulators manufactured from 1850 up to the fifties of the 20th century. In the teddy-bears part installed together with wooden toys is the exposition of collectors‘ teddy-bears. The attractive premises are completed by the furniture of the period, plush nature and cosy stylish reception with tile stove and artistic photographs of dolls. The quantity of original exhibits gives to the museum the deserved statute of the single institution of its kind in the Czech Republic that ranks, moreover, to the level of similar museums in the world.
Muzeum panenek a medvídků
Troskovice 40512 63 Rovensko pod Troskami
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The castle Trosky and bell tower in Rovensko pod Troskami
The ruin of the castle on two bizarre rock columns is the dominant and symbol of Český ráj (the Bohemian Paradise). The castle, founded at the end of the 14th century was burnt down during the Thirty-Years War and remained in ruins. The long ago dilapidated settlement saw its re-discovery in the period of Romanticism during the 19th century. The area of the castle is formed by characteristic towers, called according to their appearance Baba (The Old Woman) (47 m) and Panna (The Virgin) (57 m), remnants of the palace, fortification and the area in front of the castle and the observation point below the tower Panna. In the not far Rovensko pod Troskami there is an interesting wooden bell tower of 1630 with three rebellious bells that are turned the tongue upwards and put into motion by treading.
