Pernštejn
Pernštejn Castle is located on a rock above the village called Nedvědice some 40 km northwest of Brno in Czech Republic. Pernštejn came to be known as the “marble castle” because of the marble-like stone used to frame the doors and windows.
It was founded by the Lords of Medlov probably between 1270-1285. The family branch seated at the castle and adopted the then fashionable name Pernštejn, which is the Czech version probably derived of the German name, Bärenstein – the “Bear Rock”. Its history is closly connected to the Lords of Pernštejn (Pernštejnové) and their descendants. It has kept its intact appearance in the Gothic and Renaissance form as it was finished in the first half of the 16th century by the Pernštejns, then the richest and most powerful lordly family of the Czech kingdom. Pernštejn is one of the most preserved castles in Czech Republic.
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