The Czech Republic is famous as a country of castles but this week I had a
chance to visit one that is truly exceptional: the renowned Konopiště
Chateau, found just 40 kilometres south of Prague. Konopiště, together
with its wide surroundings and gorgeous interiors, is of course
particularly famous for its ill-fated last owner – the heir-apparent to
the Austrian throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, assassinated, together
with his wife, in Sarajevo in 1914 - the spark that set off the First
World
War. In this edition of Spotlight we visit some of