First mentioned around 1144, Veltrusy had been a rural municipality until 1994. The town is wellknown for its baroque-classical château (1720-1820) and vast English park with a system of channels and little pavilions. S. Podlipská, Jaroslav Vrchlický and Antonín Slavíček are celebrities who spent here some time. The most outstanding of all local natives is Professor Ladislav Čepelák.