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Troja castle has the exceptional position in the
context of the Czech baroque art.
More like than castle it
should be called the suburban villa as its architectonic
form was inspired by the large villas that were built in the
16th and 17th centuries near Roma.
The owner Václav Vojtěch from Šternberk (1640-
1708) was the member of one of the eldest and most
important aristocratic families. After the studies at the
Prague University he travelled with his brother through
the Netherlands, Great Britain, France and Italy. The
deepest experience he achieved in Roma, where he stayed
at longest. In Roma there appeared the idea to build a villa
similar to the buildings that he visited in Roma or in
the Suburb Frascati. The French architect Jean-Baptiste
Mathey (1629-1695), who was chosen for the realisation of
the project was the key figure of t h e top baroque period in
Bohemia.
The design of the villa is different from the older
Czech castles. Instead of the classic conception of the three
aisled building around the regular yard, created Mathey the
main hall as the centre of the building to which are joined the
side wings. The main hall is located at the main axe of the area
and is opened in the beautiful garden and connected with the
monumental noble stairs with the sculptures of the antic goods
and goddess fighting with the Titans.
The castle is placed at the elevating terrace made by the Italian
and French designs in a form of a fortification. The art decorations
of t h e castle is made on the motives of legends from the history of t h e
Habsburg dynasty, the painting are made by the Italian painters. In the
second half of t h e 18th century there were built three Chinese saloons.
At the ceiling there were the paintings from painters Marchetti, like
in the rooms in the ground floor.
In the collections of the aristocratic residences of that time
there were the paintings of dogs and horses. Besides of these pictures
we can find in the castle valuable oil paintings of other
animals like birds and game animals that were depicted from
the Renaissance time. In the past the animal painting became
the topic for many famous painters. In the baroque period and
later on there became popular the paintings of the art family
Roos, that found the inspiration in the stock cattle. The
painters that were interested in the animal painting made
the pictures to the order of the aristocracy and later for the
rich bourgeoisie. Their paintings were used not only as the
decoration of the interior but also as the documentation
of the richness.
The last part of the exhibition, the „Obrazárna" consist
a lot of paintings from the famous Czech painters of
19th century. We can find there the pictures from Václav
Brožík and Jaroslav Čermák, Josef Navrátil, Augustin
Pipenhagen, Julius Mařák, František Ženíšek, Mikoláš
Aleš, Jakub Schikaneder and other artists. For better orientation
of the visitors the exhibition is divided in three
thematic units: human, nature, myth and historic reality.
During the visit of the Troja castle we wish you beautiful
artistic impression.
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Opening hours:
April - October
10 - 18 Tuesday - Thursday + Sunday
13 - 19 Friday
10 - 19 Saturday
November - March
10 - 17 Saturday, Sunday
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