Lány chateau to open to public before Christmas

Lány chateau, the summer residence of Czech presidents, will open to the public during the upcoming two weekends, the president’s office said on Sunday.

The early Baroque chateau, located in the middle of the Křivoklát forests in Central Bohemia, was bought by the Czechoslovak state in July 1921.

Czechoslovakia’s first president Tomás Garrigue Masaryk moved there permanently after his abdication in 1935 and is buried in the local cemetery.

The chateau, which is looked after by the Prague Castle Administration, is rarely open to the public. Last time people had a chance to see it was in September 2018 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia.