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'Kroměříž' () is a city in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The town's main landmark is the Baroque Kroměříž Bishop's Palace, where some scenes from ''Amadeus'' and ''Immortal Beloved'' were filmed. The adjacent Lustgarten, or Pleasure Park, is one of the World Heritage Sites.

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History

Famous people

Twin towns

External links

History

City was found in 1260 from Bruno ze Schauenburku, bishop of Olomouc. Bishops of Olomouc built in city representative summer-house (famous Kroměříž Bishop's Palace, later Archbishop's Palace) and transfer here part of administration of diocese. The city was badly damaged in Thirty Years' War, two times was plundered from Swedish troops (1643 and 1645) and after this Black Death came. Bishop Karel II. z Lichtenštejna rebuilt city and palace after war. Constitutive Imperial Congress was sitting in Kroměříž in 1848.

Famous people

★ Heinrich Ignaz Biber (1644 - 1704), composer and violinist

★ Václav Talich (1883 - 1961), conductor

★ Jaroslav Koutecký (1922 - 2005), chemist

★ Karel Kryl

★ Jan Milíč z Kroměříže (d. 1374), ideal predecessor of Jan Hus; initiated the practice of preaching in the Czech language in Prague.
Kroměříž is also a birthplace of Max Švabinský (born Sept. 17, 1873, died Feb.10, 1962), one of the most important Czech painters of the last century. A permanent exhibition called Max Švabinský Memorial can be seen in the Museum of Kroměříž Region (), located in the lower part of Big Square (''Velké náměstí''), near the entrance to the Bishop's Palace.

Twin towns

★ Nitra, Slovakia

External links

★ Municipal website

★ Kroměříž guide

★ FULLSCREEN QTVR virtual tour of Kromeriz