Spilberk Castle - Czech Republic
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N 49° 11.687 E 016° 35.968
33U E 616529 N 5450340
Spilberk Castle
Waymark Code: WMTZBC
Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/27/2017
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Špilberk Castle (German: Spielberg) is a castle on the hilltop in Brno, Southern Moravia. Its construction began as early as the first half of the 13th century by the Premyslid kings and complete by King Ottokar II of Bohemia.[1] From a major royal castle established around the mid-13th century, and the seat of the Moravian margraves in the mid-14th century, it was gradually turned into a huge baroque fortress considered the harshest prison in the Austro-Hungarian empire, and then into barracks. This prison had always been part of the Špilberk fortress.
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Please provide another photo of the location. You don't have to be in there shot, but you can. The photo requirement is to discourage any armchair visiting.