Orlík Cavalry Barracks – now District Court
Enormous Austrian barracks from the town's days as an Imperial fortress. It was built in the Classicist style in 1786–1787 during the reign of Emperor Joseph II as one of the examples of Enlightenment military rationalism. The ground floor with barrel vaults was used for stabling horses, as a reminder of this is several preserved stone watering holes in semicircular niches. The articulated façade has profiled cornices, a plinth and two entrances to the building are lined with stone blocks. Given cultural monument protection by the Czechoslovak state sometime before 1988
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
(section of town south of and beneath the old town)
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