Hartigovská zahrada, Garden within Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Hartigovská zahrada is a garden within Prague Castle spread across two terraces connected by stairs and covering around 960 square meters. The space features a baroque music pavilion, five antique deity sculptures, and is covered with ivy and various climbing plants rather than grass.

The garden was founded after 1670 by Isabella Amélia Švihovská of the Salm-Neuburg family and originally belonged to the Hartig Palace. Around 1720 Count Josef Hartig had the palace and garden rebuilt, creating the two terraces and the baroque music pavilion attributed to Giovanni Battista Alliprandi. The garden passed to Prague Castle in the 1960s.

The garden displays five sculptures of antique deities created by Antonín Braun, including a representation of Dionysus inside the music pavilion. These statues reflect how baroque art drew inspiration from classical mythology to create a space for contemplation and artistic enjoyment.

The garden is reached from the Na Valech garden via a staircase beside the baroque music pavilion, which leads down to the two terraces. The garden reopened on 6 May 2026 after being closed from 2015, and entry is free during the summer season from March to October.

An almost 500-year-old yew tree stands in the middle of the garden, and the walls are covered with ivy and Boston ivy. The garden has no lawn areas at all. It was closed to the public from 2015 to 2026 and reopened on 6 May 2026 by Eva Pavlová, wife of President Petr Pavel.