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Prague - Today, the public will have a rare opportunity to visit the abandoned Baroque castle and park in Veleslavín, Prague. Thanks to the Hradní potok association and the Office for Representation of the State in Property Matters, it will open between 08:00 and 16:00 as part of Architecture Day. Tours will depart at half-hour intervals from the entrance to the complex on Veleslavínská Street. Entry is free.
Visitors will not only explore the interiors of the castle during the tour, where they will learn about its history associated with the first Czechoslovak president T. G. Masaryk, writer Milena Jesenská, and prominent scientist Oskar Fischer. There will also be an exhibition of photographs of the area from the past and present. They will have the opportunity to express their opinions on the future of the unused building.
The castle and park are owned by the state, managed by the Office for Representation of the State in Property Matters. It has been offered for lease repeatedly without success, most recently in April this year for 247,000 crowns per month. The castle complex was supposed to be offered for purchase at an auction for 382 million crowns last year, but the Ministry of Culture halted the sale.
The Hradní potok association is striving to make the castle permanently accessible to the public. According to its representatives, it could serve as a cultural space.
The city hall and the municipal district of Prague 6 are also interested in the site, which would like to open a basic art school there.
The castle, with its historic park spread over three hectares, dates back to approximately 1725. It was built according to the plans of Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer for Empress Amálie of Brunswick. It was last reconstructed in 1986. The Office for Representation of the State in Property Matters took over the Baroque castle in 2015 from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
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