Spotlight Landstejn Castle, Czech Canada, & the tunnels beneath the Renaissance town of Slavonice

11-08-2004 | Jan Velinger

Southeast Bohemia's Landstejn Castle found south-east of Jindrichuv Hradec, close to the Czech - Moravian - Austrian border, remains one of the Czech Republic's most imposing structures. The famous Romanesque ruin, originally designed to protect Bohemia's frontiers as well as to guard an ancient trade route to Austria, was built in the early 13th century.

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