Lány chateau opens to public on Friday

Lány chateau, the summer residence of Czech presidents, has opened its door to the public for the upcoming two Advent weekends.

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

It was rebuilt into a summer residence for Czechoslovakia’s first president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, who moved there permanently after his abdication in 1935 and is buried in the local cemetery.

Lány chateau is rarely open to the public. The 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.