Oppidum Nevězice, Celtic oppidum in Nevězice, Czech Republic

Oppidum Nevězice is a Celtic fortified settlement on the Hrad promontory with defensive ramparts and two entrance gates. The site overlooks what is now the Orlík reservoir and displays the physical remains of ancient fortification work.

The settlement was founded around 120 BC as a strategic trading post. A fire in the first century BC caused significant damage to the fortifications.

The oppidum's name comes from the village of Nevězice, and the promontory is called Hrad, also Peklo. It was one of the strongpoints along the Vltava trade route; after its fortifications burned in the first half of the 1st century BC, that role probably passed to the nearby hillfort at today's Zvíkov Castle.

The ramparts stand on the Hrad promontory above the left bank of the Orlík reservoir, southeast of Nevězice village. The ground is uneven and wooded, so wear sturdy shoes; the reservoir below is not a walking route to the site.

The ramparts were built with stone hauled from several kilometres away, the same technique used at the Hrazany oppidum. In the first half of the 1st century BC fire damaged the walls in several places, and the site was abandoned earlier than other Bohemian oppida; Zvíkov castle probably took over its role on the Vltava route.