From a major royal castle established around the mid-13th century, and the seat of the Moravian margraves in the mid-14th century, it was gradually turned into a huge baroque citadel considered the harshest prison in the Austrian Empire, and then into barracks. The Czechoslovak army left Špilberk in 1959, putting to a definite end its military era. (previous | next | back to album | 2023:05:05 11:58:19 | 46% of an album)