Nelahozeves Chateau, Renaissance chateau in Nelahozeves, Czech Republic.
Nelahozeves Chateau is a Renaissance building with Italian influences, featuring exterior walls decorated with sgraffito art depicting Old Testament scenes and floral motifs. Inside, the castle contains dozens of rooms displaying different periods of a noble family's life and housing several hundred paintings by European masters.
The Lobkowicz family acquired the estate in the early 17th century and developed it into a major art collection center. During the 20th century the castle suffered confiscations, but was fully restored and returned to the family after 1990.
The castle served as home to the Lobkowicz family and displays how Bohemian nobility lived and built their collection over time. The artworks and furnishings in each room show the tastes and wealth of the residents across different periods.
The chateau stands about 25 km north of Prague above the Vltava. Guided tours run between March and October and can be given in German or English when enough visitors ask. The permanent exhibition occupies twelve period rooms of the Lobkowicz family.
The hall scholars called "paradise" until the 19th century was renamed the Knights' Hall in the 20th century out of ignorance of its name. Humanists such as Matyáš Kolín met here, and Florián Gryspek kept a portrait of Jan Žižka among his Flemish paintings.
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