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On Saturday, Laura was busy with a baby shower, and didn't want Chris and Owen at home, so they asked if we wanted to go for a ride in the countryside.

We drove just a short distance from Prague, about 15km, to the Okor Hrad.


Owen has been to this castle before, so he was our tour guide.

The Okor village is first mentioned in 1228 as a property of St George Monastery in Prague Castle (klášter sv. Jiří na Pražském hradě). A Gothic castle was built here in 1359 by a wealthy burgher of Prague's Old Town, Frantisek Rokycansky. This was quite unusual in those times, when most castles were built by noblemen.

In the 17th century the castle was owned by Jesuits. During the Thirty Year’s War it was heavily damaged and then restored in the Baroque style. After the Jesuit order was discontinued in Bohemia, the Okor castle was deserted in the late 18th century and quickly changed to ruins.

(from the Czech Castles website)

Looking up at the "garderobe" - a bathroom that allowed waste to flow down the outside of the castle walls. This one is being restored.