Nelahozeves is a village on left bank of the Vltava

Vltava

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 river, 25 km north of Prague

Prague

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, Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. Population is 1,375 (2007).

The oldest surviving written document of Nelahozeves' existence dates back to 1352. The village has a three-winged Renaissance

Renaissance

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 château

Château

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 of Italian castello type with arcades in the yard. It was built in the 16th century by Florián Griespech of Griespach. Since 1623 it has been owned by the Lobkowicz

Lobkowicz

The Lobkowicz family is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century...

 family.

A part of the Lobkowicz

Lobkowicz

The Lobkowicz family is one of the oldest still existing Bohemian noble families dating back to the 14th century...

 collection of paintings is stored in the castle, including works of Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez

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, Antonio Canaletto, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens and others.

Romantic composer Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Dvorák

Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...

was born in Nelahozeves.

External links

• Basic information about the town (in English)
• Nelahozeves Castle
• Homepage of the castle and the Lobkowicz family (in English)

Part of the collection (including paintings by Brueghel, Velazquez and Canaletto) was transferred to the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague in 2007.