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Also known as Veleslavin

Veleslavín (, ) is a district of Prague, part of Prague 6, situated in the west of the city approximately 5 km from Ruzyně International Airport. It was probably founded in the 10th or 11th century, first recorded in records from the nearby Břevnov Monastery, and has been part of Prague since 1922.

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Official name
Veleslavín
Located in
Prague 6
Population
6614
Area
1.313
Shares border with
Liboc
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VladoMilunicHvezda3.jpg
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Commons category
Veleslavín
number of houses
420
time of earliest written record
0993-01-01
inception
1922-00-00
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Veleslavín (, ) is a district of Prague, part of Prague 6, situated in the west of the city approximately 5 km from Ruzyně International Airport. It was probably founded in the 10th or 11th century, first recorded in records from the nearby Břevnov Monastery, and has been part of Prague since 1922.

Veleslavín chateau, a single-floored baroque chateau located at the address Veleslavínská 1, is recorded as a cultural monument. The southern part of Veleslavín is part of the housing estate named Petřiny, the remainder of which is in Břevnov, and contains a number of modernist buildings designed by Vlado Milunić.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Veleslavín” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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