The Kolowrat Palace () is a

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complex of two

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buildings, located at ''Ovocný trh 4 a 6'' in the

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part of the

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district in

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. The palace belongs to the

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. The family bought the first building in 1670 and the second one in 1697. The original vaults from the early Baroque period are located on the ground floor, and the rooms on the first floor are decorated with Baroque painted-wood ceilings. Around 1948, the palace was nationalized by the government, but after the

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in 1989, the property was returned to the family. In 1993, Count Jindrich

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(1897–1996) rented out the palace to the National Theatre for a symbolic annual amount of one

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