Czech Republic
The Morzin Palace (Czech: Morzinský palác) is a country estate in Dolní Lukavice, Czech Republic.
It was the hereditary estate of Count Karl Joseph Morzin, an aristocrat of the Austrian Empire during the 18th century. Morzin is remembered today as the first person to employ the composer Joseph Haydn as his Kapellmeister, or music director. The location of the Count's estate has been specified by Robbins Landon as Unter-Lukawitz (Dolní Lukavice), sometimes referred to as Lukavec. The chateau was bought by Czechoslovak diplomat Ferdinand Veverka. In 1945 Veverka was accused of wartime collaboration with the Nazis and his estate was confiscated by the state. In the 1990s the roof was partially repaired. In 2000 the estate was returned to the Veverka family. Veverka's great grandson Zoltan Duphenieux later sought financing for more repairs.
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Morzin Palace, Dolní Lukavice ranks #7,250 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #221 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 16 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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