Litomyšl Castle in the Czech Republic was overseen by Jan Baptista Avostalis and his brother Oldřich, and František Maxmilián Kaňka redesigned it in the 18th century. The Pernštejn family owned it from 1567 to 1646, followed by the Trauttmansdorff, Waldstein, and Thurn and Taxis families. Work began in 1568 and was mostly complete by 1580. The infobox gives no construction dates.
The article calls it a Renaissance arcade castle with High-Baroque additions in the 18th century. It has three floors and four asymmetrical wings.
The composer Bedřich Smetana was born at the Brewery in 1824. The castle was confiscated after World War II and declared a national monument in 1962. UNESCO listed it in 1999. It is open to the public, with state rooms and the former private quarters of Prince Albert of Thurn and Taxis, and it has hosted the Smetana Litomyšl Opera Festival since 1949.
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