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Join us for a journey back in time at the medieval Citadel Villa Dreucici.
is situated on the north-east part of Prague, some 18 km from the City Centre.
The first written note is dated in the year 1052, when the Prince Bretislav, the sovereign of Bohemia, donated Citadel Villa Dreucici to the church in Stara Boleslav.
From 1332 a long list of Nobles and Bishops resided in the Citadel Villa Dreucici
In the year 1547, the year of uprising of the part of the Czech estates and towns against the sovereign Ferdinand I., Jan of Vrabi (descendent of the family Vrabi) came to the forefront of history and happened to be even one of the representatives of the Czech Estates. After the defeat of the rising his active role in it was rightfully punished. Jan had to acknowledge his deep and severe offence and as a punishment he was sentenced to home imprisonment, the fine of 500 three-score of grosses, loss of his possessions and to the service of the king with two horses.
After Jan´s death the ownership of the Citadel Villa Dreucici passed to his sons Hynek and Karel, which started another very dramatic part of the history of the Citadel Villa Dreucici. Both brothers lived in peace obviously till the year 1562. At that time was passed a judgement over the sovereign of the neighbouring empire Brandys with regard to the hunting on their pieces of land.
The final descendent of the family Vrabi Hynek died during the year 1584 and was buried in the Church of Saint Barthold in Dreucici. The Citadel Villa Dreucici was then joined together with the accessories to Brandys and thus it lost its residential function.
For further information regarding the history of the Citadel Villa Dreucici please visit the website: www.villadreucici.eu/index.html (in Czech)
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