The tower of the church of St Peter and Paul, beside the castle of Melnik, overlooking an important crossing point at the confluence of the the Elbe and Vltava rivers in the Czech Republic. The church has been rebuilt a number of times since its original construction in 1000. The tower dates to 1488 with its Baroque spire added in 1681. The main external appearance, however, dates to an extensive restoration between 1910 and 1916. The castle also dates it origins to the 9th century and was largely rebuilt in the 17th. The Lobkowicz family owed the castle from 1753 to 1948. Ownership was returned to them on the fall of communism in 1992. the castle has since been extensively conserved and is now open to the public.
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