<p>Architect Jiřičná is involved in the restoration of Pardubice Castle.</p>

Pardubice - Architect Eva Jiřičná will also participate in the reconstruction of the castle interiors in Pardubice. By the spring of next year, she will create a study of the new appearance of the social spaces. The purpose of the project is to present the monument as a Pernštejn residence, the regional authority stated in a press release.

Visitors will see part of the renovated castle in Pardubice next spring. The entire residence will be made accessible by the museum in 2021. This will be followed by another stage of repairs to another part of the palace, for which Jiřičná will design spaces intended for social and cultural events.

"We are trying to stay one step ahead and plan the next steps that will build on the current reconstruction. But since this castle is for us in the region what Hradčany is for the people of Prague, we want all modifications to this national cultural monument to have a higher added value," said Regional Deputy Roman Línek (Coalition for Pardubice Region).

After the reconstruction, only exhibitions of the Pernštejns, glass, and numismatics will remain in the castle palace. The social section will be in the northern wing, where there will be two spacious halls on the second and third floors, followed by a smaller room in the eastern wing. Events will no longer take place in the knight's halls, as the rare wall paintings suffered from temperature changes.

"Originally, we consulted with Eva Jiřičná about the possibilities of a new connection between the two floors in the area of the halls, but eventually we realized that it is necessary to assess the social operation as a whole, and perhaps in the end, she will come up with some solution that no one has thought of yet," said architect Josef Pleskot.

The Pardubice castle has undergone many reconstructions since its inception. It is known as a representative Renaissance residence built against the backdrop of a Gothic castle and fortifications. The main social hall was, at the time, the second largest in Bohemia after the Vladislav Hall. It was designed by architect Aostalli de Sala in the 70s of the 16th century.

"The entire project of the Pernštejn exhibition will be completed in 2021, when it will be 500 years since the death of Wilhelm of Pernštejn. Social life will take place provisionally in the hall on the third floor from next year. We will have to wait for those after 2022. However, we can have the study and subsequently the project completed by then," said Línek.