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House where František Palacký Lived

House where František Palacký Lived

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The house, also known as the Lontano House, has a Renaissance core; its arcade was rebuilt in Baroque style after the town was devastated in 1643. Inside is a spacious hall (mázhaus) with a barrel vault with lunettes, and the ground floor of the living quarters has a stucco ceiling. The coat of arms of Bishop Dietrichstein is set into the wall of the hall; during the renovation of the house a funerary portrait of Kryštof Lubětínský, probably a priest, was discovered on its reverse. The courtyard is also worth a look.

The house was home to bishop's officials: in 1612 the cardinal's customs officer is recorded here, later the clerk of the feudal court Jiří Garský of Gars and the town syndic Jan Adam Lontano, after whom the house is named. During the Imperial Diet of 1848 František Palacký, historiographer of the Kingdom of Bohemia, lodged here with the town syndic Jelínek. A memorial plaque was put up in his honour in 1898; after the house was repaired in 1968 it was replaced with a new one.

The building is part of the Kroměříž Urban Heritage Reserve.

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