Detail of the unique gilded and brightly painted wrought iron courtyard well head in the castle at Jindřichův Hradec, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic. It was forged by a local blacksmith named Andreas as a wedding gift for the 1598 marriage of the last Lord of Hradec, Joachim Ulrich von Neuhaus, to Marie of Hohenzollern. The metalwork is decorated with fantastical faces, mythical beasts, angels and the five-petalled rose emblem of the Rosenberg or Rožmberk family, powerful lords of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Jindřichův Hradec, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic: detail of the unique gilded and brightly painted wrought iron well head in the courtyard of the town’s castle. The wellhead was forged by a local blacksmith named Andreas as a wedding gift for the marriage in 1598 of the last Lord of Hradec, Joachim Ulrich von Neuhaus, to Marie of Hohenzollern. The colourful metalwork is decorated with fantastical faces, mythical beasts, angels and the five-petalled rose emblem of the noble Rosenberg or Rožmberk family, powerful lords of the Kingdom of Bohemia, who played an important role in Czech medieval history for hundreds of years, from the 1200s until 1611.
Size: 4176px × 2774px
Location: Castle, Jindřichův Hradec, South Bohemia, Czechia / Czech Republic
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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