Památková obnova hradu Litice (okr. Ústí nad Orlicí) v letech 1920–1941

Abstract

The paper maps the development of efforts to save and secure the ruins of Litice Castle (District of Ústí nad Orlicí) from 1920 to 1941. Based on available archival sources, the efforts to secure the castle from the 1920s onward and the circumstances surrounding the partial conservation of the castle buildings in 1925 are presented here. Subsequently, the body of the paper is devoted to the extensive conservation and reconstruction works from 1935 to 1941, when the southern castle palace and the adjacent tower were roofed and made accessible and the other castle masonry was extensively conserved. In addition to monitoring the actual progress of the rescue work, attention is paid here to the circumstances that enabled or, on the contrary, prevented their implementation, and to the evaluation of the performed repairs.