Kost Castle
Originated after 1371; its builder was probably Benes of Wartenberg. After him Kost was acquired by the Hasenburgs and after them by the Schellenbergs palazzo Schellenberg. Jan of Biberstein, added behind the first gate the "renaisance" wing with the big kitchen. Under Kryštof Popel of Lobkowicz in 1576 originated the whole southern part of the Castle with the brewery. The plan of Albrecht of Waldstein to redesign Kost into a country home and at the same time to remain a stronghold, was interrupted by his death in 1634. In 1635 a part of the Castle was destroyed by fire after which it ceased to be inhabiteted by the proprietors. The Czernins of Chudenicz changed, at the end of the 17th cent., the gothic palace with the appartments into a granary. The Castle suffered durning the 30-years-war and was to be destroyed. After 1867 it was in part reconverted in neogothic style.
The Castle is dominated by the angular White Tower, five storeys high, the south-eastern part pointing towards the Plakánek valley. The tower is a part of the battlements erected from stone blocks. It was destined to the defence. The mansarde roof dates only from the 18th century. The Castle further has a smaller cylindrical tower of the end of the 14th century close to the main gate.
From the enrance one acceeds through 3 gates to the arkades of the Biberstein Palace to the internal courtyard which is surrounded by the tower Palace, the Castle Chapel, the unfinished Waldstein sala-terrena, the White Tower, the old Palace with the cylindrical tower and the Schellenberg Palace which bears a tablet with the Schellenberg coat of arms: a sows head and leave decorations. The internal Castle was protected by a strong wall with battlements with a bannister and some more external defenses on thedefge of the abyss.
The Castle is dominated by the angular White Tower, five storeys high, the south-eastern part pointing towards the Plakánek valley. The tower is a part of the battlements erected from stone blocks. It was destined to the defence. The mansarde roof dates only from the 18th century. The Castle further has a smaller cylindrical tower of the end of the 14th century close to the main gate.
From the enrance one acceeds through 3 gates to the arkades of the Biberstein Palace to the internal courtyard which is surrounded by the tower Palace, the Castle Chapel, the unfinished Waldstein sala-terrena, the White Tower, the old Palace with the cylindrical tower and the Schellenberg Palace which bears a tablet with the Schellenberg coat of arms: a sows head and leave decorations. The internal Castle was protected by a strong wall with battlements with a bannister and some more external defenses on thedefge of the abyss.
