Špilberk Castle

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• Permanent exhibitions
• Famous Prisoners in Špilberk

Programme

• 18:00—23:00 Permanent exhibitions

  Casemates
  Prison of Nations
  From a Castle to the Fortress
  ​​​​​​​Brno at ŠpilberkVulcanalia
  

• 18:00—23:00 Temporary exhibition

  Branky Body Brno (part of the exhibition)
  

• 18:00 Maria Theresa – music by Lucrezia Borgia

  Main Stage
  

• 18:45 Speak! – instruments of torture

  Main Stage
  

• 19:15 Parade of Špilberk prisoners – Rex

  Main Stage
  

• 19:45 Ahmed Paşa Bonneval – Maya  Main Stage
• 20:15 Drinking Songs – music by Lucrezia Borgia 

  Main Stage
  

• 21:00 Baron Trenck – Exulis Main Stage
• 21:00 Tomas Grasel – Keltik Main Stage
• 22:00 Wishing a Good Night – music by Lucrezia Borgia Main Stage
• 22:45 Václav Babinský – Keltik 

  Main Stage
  

• 23:00 Fire – studio Maya, Rex

  Main Stage
  

• 18:00—24:00 Grand Market 

  – a programme with music, wandering jugglers, organ grinders and fencers organised with financial support from the City of Brno and the South Moravian Region, marking the 270th anniversary of the death of the most famous Špilberk prisoner Baron Franz von der Trenck and other legendary Špilberk prisoners such as the highwayman Babinský or Italian Carbonaro Pellico.
  

  
  

  The Great Courtyard

• 18:00—24:00 Famous Prisoners in Špilberk

  Follow the tracks of famous Špilberk prisoners! The Night Quiz will guide you through the famous and the unexpected corridors of Špilberk Castle.
  

  Casemates

• 18:00—23:30 Military camp of Trenck’s Pandurs and soldiers of Maria Theresa

  competitions and horse riding for children.
  

  Western Courtine

• 18:00—23:30 Castle Interiors

  Eastern Wing
  

• 18:00—23:30 Creative stage costumes and restoration of ceramics, paintings, furniture and woodcuts performed by students of the Restoration College and the Clothes Design College in Brno.

  Ogilvy Hall

• 20:15 Concert of historical music in the oldest, and at the same time youngest, part of the castle to mark its rich history

  Royal Chapel
  

• 21:15 Concert of historical music in the oldest, and at the same time youngest, part of the castle to mark its rich history

  Royal Chapel
  

• 22:15 Concert of historical music in the oldest, and at the same time youngest, part of the castle to mark its rich history

  Royal Chapel
  

• 18:00—23:30 Presentation of exhibitions planned by the Brno City Museum for this year  

  Square Tower
  

• 19:30 Big Laundry on Špilberk 

  Premiere of a new comic opera in one act by the young composer Jiří Najva with a libretto by the creative duo Rejža and Rejžička from Brno’s Divadlo2-15. The story is inspired by Špilberk Castle and its history as a prison, in particular by the “sojourn” of Baron Trenck.
  

  Gothic Hall in the Small Courtyard
  

• 21:30 Big Laundry on Špilberk 

  Premiere of a new comic opera in one act by the young composer Jiří Najva with a libretto by the creative duo Rejža and Rejžička from Brno’s Divadlo2-15. The story is inspired by Špilberk Castle and its history as a prison, in particular by the “sojourn” of Baron Trenck.
  

  Gothic Hall in the Small Courtyard
  

• 18:00—23:30 Publications and souvenirs at reduced prices.

  Baroque Pharmacy from the Elizabethan Convent
  

• 18:00—23:30 View of Brno at night / Open only weather permitting.

  Southern Terrace
  

• 18:00—23:30 Brno Observatory and Planetarium

  observing the night sky with astronomical telescopes.
  

  South-west Bastion
  

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