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The Lobkowicz Palace, (Lobkowiczký Palác in Czech) the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex, is home to the highly acclaimed Lobkowicz Collections and Museum, the Lobkowicz Palace Café, Midday Classic Concert and Museum Gift Shop, as well as numerous elegant room venues for private functions. The Museum offers visitors the opportunity to explore the history of Europe through the unique perspective of The Lobkowicz Collections and the Lobkowicz family. Set in 22 beautifully appointed galleries, the Museum displays a selection of some of the finest pieces from The Collections, including many of international significance. Highlights from the Museum include works by masters such as Antonio Canaletto, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Diego Velázquez; an impressive display of family and royal portraits; fine porcelain, ceramics and rare decorative arts dating from the 16th to 19th centuries; an extensive collection of military and sporting rifles from the 16th to 18th centuries; and musical instruments, original scores and manuscripts by Beethoven and Mozart, including Beethoven’s 3rd (Eroica), 4th and 5th symphonies, as well as Mozart’s hand written re-orchestration of Handel’s Messiah. Visitors are ushered through the galleries by the museum's very popular audio guide, which explains important details of European history and the seven-hundred-year history of the Lobkowicz family, including the dramatic story of how the family lost everything twice.... and got it back twice. Narrated by two generations of the Lobkowicz family and the Chief Curator of The Collections, this engaging and informative FREE audio guide in 8 languages is always highly recommended by visitors from all over the world. Lobkowicz Palace was built in the second half of the 16th century by the Czech nobleman Jaroslav of Pernštejn (1528-1569) and completed by his brother, Vratislav of Pernštejn (1530-1582), the chancellor of the Czech Kingdom. After undergoing a variety of renovations and a fruitful history, it was opened to the public for the very first time on April 2, 2007, as the Lobkowicz Palace Museum. Regular admission is 275 CZK, however special group and combo tickets, as well as student, senior and family rates are also available. Museum tickets, daily concerts and E-shop purchases may all be done online at www.lobkowicz.com == Collections == The oldest and largest privately owned art collection in the Czech Republic, The Lobkowicz Collections draws its significance from its comprehensive nature, which reflects the cultural, social, political and economic life of Central Europe for over seven centuries. With the passage of the restitution laws in the early 1990s, it became possible for the Lobkowicz family to reassemble most of The Collections, making them available to the public in a family context after more than 50 years. Encompassing almost every field, The Collections feature world-famous paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder, Canaletto, Bellotto, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Rubens, Veronese and many others, medieval and Renaissance works of art, ceramics spanning five centuries and exceptional arms and armor. It also includes the finest private library in Central Europe, as well as an unparalleled collection of musical instruments and autograph manuscripts by many of the greatest composers of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including Beethoven and Mozart. In 1907, Max Dvořák, a prominent member of the Vienna School of Art History, created the first complete catalog of The Collections. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lobkowicz Palace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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