1) Castle in the Czech Republic 
Sloup is a medieval castle in the Czech lands. It is located near Nový Bor in the small town of Sloup v Čechách, in the Liberec Region, north Bohemia, Czech Republic. It takes its name from the special appearance of the 33 m high freestanding sandstone rocks into which it was carved in the 14th century. Sloup means `column`. ==History== The c.....