Photo: Ondřej Hájek, ČTK
The oldest known group photograph in Czechia, and possibly the world, is housed at Velké Březno Chateau near Ústí nad Labem. Taken in 1839, the daguerreotype features the aristocratic family of Count Karel Chotek along with relatives and friends. The historic image was recently added to UNESCO’s national Memory of the World register.
Karel Chotek was a high-ranking nobleman who served as the Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia, one of the most influential positions in the country at the time.
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Author: Ruth Fraňková