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RE: Travel adventures - Český Šternberk
What a beautiful property. I love visiting old houses like this, though I always feel a little sad when I think about how they were once used and full of life. A village and it's people would earn their living from working at it and it would be a part of the community and the house would be humming with activity and most likely warmer with fires in many of the rooms.
Such a beautiful property @delishtreats and a fun place to go.
Actually this one is almost like the 'ideal' one that you described. The owner still live there and people from the village do work there. There is also a hotel and a production company that belongs to the owner of the castle and he employs people from the village only :)
There is not much work in the region and this is his way to help people to live better lives. I've talked to the tour guide and she said that it's a great co-operation.
The only thing that is missing is the fire :) But this is a rich family and they had to show it off so they installed central heating at the beginning of the 20th century. They don't heat the whole castle as it's too expensive though...
Thank you for stopping by and for your thoughtful comment!