The jewel among the castles of northern Bohemia is Ploskovice near Litoměřice. The chateau in Ploskovice was built in 1720-1730. It was built by Anna Maria Františka Tuscany, the wife of the last descendant of the famous Italian Medici family. Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer was responsible for the reconstruction of the summer residence in the style of the High Baroque. At the beginning of the 19th century the castle became the property of the Habsburgs. It was mainly used as a summer residence by Emperor Ferdinand V. After the establishment of Czechoslovakia, the summer residence of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established here. Edvard Beneš and his wife used to come here. We recommend a tour of the Ploskovice Chateau with a walk in the garden with an artificial Baroque cave and fountain to every visitor to the Bohemian Central Highlands.