Silesian Ostrava Castle

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Silesian Ostrava Castle ({{langx|cs|Slezskoostravský hrad}}) is a Gothic castle located in Slezská Ostrava, in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It was built in 1290 by Duke Mieszko I of Cieszyn, on the border between the Duchy of Cieszyn and Moravia, near the confluence of the Lučina and Ostravice rivers.{{Cite web |title=Ostawa Polska |url=http://dir.icm.edu.pl/pl/Slownik_geograficzny/Tom_VII/678 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego i innych krajów słowiańskich}}

In 1534, the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence. It burned down in 1872 and was subsequently rebuilt.[https://archive.today/20120905172857/http://www.ostrava.cz/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/ostrava/turista/turisticke-atraktivity/slezskoostravsky-hrad Ostrava.cz]{{Better source needed|reason=reference barely mentions the castle.|date=March 2024}} In 2004, it was repaired after many years of dilapidation, caused by coal mining under the castle.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Until 2012, the castle hosted the Colours of Ostrava festival.