Castle Of Slavkov - Austerlitz
Historical halls and lounges
Historical halls and Historical lounges
This tour introduces to the visitors the representative premises of the castle with rich fresco and stucco decorations, period furniture and part of the previously famous picture gallery of the Kaunitz family line. It leads through the Ancestors’ Hall with portraits of the most significant owners of the castle, the Rubens’s Hall with copies of Rubens’s large-area paintings and last but not the least through the Historical Hall which was the place where the armistice after the battle at Slavkov was agreed. The tour ends in the St Cross chapel with unique acoustics for concert performances.
This tour shall demonstrate to the visitors the living standard of the nobility from the renaissance era to the 19th century. It includes, for instance, the Renaissance tapestry, the so-called Flower Lounge, empire “Napoleonic” Lounge, the library, the so-called Hall of Fashion or the Theatre Hall and other rooms.
