Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Thun-Hohenstein Palace
Centre
Wallenstein Palace
Right
Shoenborn Palace
Palaces
Nostitz Palace
Have a look at the recent
restoration work at this 17th-
century palace while taking in a
chamber music concert. The
Nostitz family lent their name to
the playhouse now known as the
Estates Theatre.
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Maltézské
nám∂stí 1 • Map C3
Buquoy Palace
This pink stucco palace and
the John Lennon Wall are sepa-
rated by only a few steps, but
they are miles apart aesthetically.
However, the French Ambassador
helped preserve the graffiti
opposite his offices in the 1980s.
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Velkop∫evorské nám∂stí 2 • Map D3
Thun-Hohenstein Palace
The Kolowrat family's
heraldic eagles support the
portal of this palace. Built by
Giovanni Santini-Aichel in 1726,
the building is now the Italian
Embassy.
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Nerudova 20 • Map C2
Michna Palace
Architect Francesco Caratti
modelled this palace on Versailles.
Today it's home to the Museum
of Physical Culture and Sport.
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Újezd 40 • Map C4
Shoenborn Palace
Czechoslovakia's first
ambassador to the United States
sold the palace to the US govern-
ment in 1925. Count Colloredo-
Mansfeld owned the palace in
the 17th century: having lost a
leg in the Thirty Years' War, he
had the stairs reconstructed so
he could ride his horse into the
building.
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Tr ≈i√t∂ 15 • Map C3
Lichtenstein Palace
Originally several houses,
Lichtenstein Palace fused in the
16th century. Today, it is home to
Prague's Academy of Music and
numerous concerts and recitals.
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Malostranské nám∂stí 13 • Map C2
Morzin Palace
Two giant Moors (hence
Morzin) bearing up the Romanian
Embassy's façade are said to
wander about Malá Strana
streets at night.
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Nerudova 5
• Map C2
Lobkowitz Palace
Home to the German
Embassy; in 1989 hundreds of
East Germans found their way to
the West by scrambling over the
embassy's back fence.
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Vla√ská
19 • Map C3
Wallenstein Palace
General Wallenstein pulled
out all the stops creating what is
essentially a monument to him-
self. On the palace's frescoes,
the Thirty Years' War commander
had himself depicted as both
Achilles and Mars.
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Vald√tejnské
nám∂stí 4 • Map D2
Kaunitz Palace
The Yugoslav Embassy sat
quietly in its pink and yellow
stucco for more than 300 years
until war made it a popular spot
for protests.
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Mostecká 15 • Map D3
There is another Lichtenstein Palace on Kampa Island, but they
are helpful to concertgoers who get the two confused.
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