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 | | Reached by means of an arched stone bridge spanning the dry, grassy moat, Castle Nelahozeves rises five stories from a gentle slope overlooking the village and the Vltava River. |
 | | Almost on the scale of the monumental Palazzo Strozzi, in Florence, it was built mostly in the late 16th century by architect Bonifat Wohlmuth. |
 | | When he arrived, Somerville told me, he was mildly appalled: "Nelahozeves, as it had been run by the state, looked like a sanatorium with a few objects dotted around." The pictures especially were ill cared for, with quite a few "boring" pieces on the walls. |
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