Staré proboštství, Provost's residence in Hradčany, Prague, Czech Republic

Staré proboštství is an early Baroque house on the third courtyard of Prague Castle, south of St. Vitus Cathedral. Its west portal has a massive two-leaf door with carved wooden panels, a stone relief of two angels holding the coat of arms of provost Jan František Rasch, and a Latin inscription. Fragments of the Romanesque facade and a small paired window survive in the east wall.

Archaeological digs show a wooden building stood here in the 10th century, likely home to the first two Prague bishops, Thietmar and Adalbert. In the first half of the 11th century a stone Romanesque bishop's residence replaced it, probably the oldest stone dwelling in Bohemia, with the St. Maurice Chapel beside it. Damaged by fire in the 12th century, it was rebuilt and enlarged; the chapter acquired it in 1486 and the provosts lived here until 1880.

The name Staré proboštství refers to the provost of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Vitus, who lived here from 1486 to 1880. The provosts then moved to the New Provost's House at George's Square. The building now houses offices of St. Vitus chapter employees.

The building stands in the third courtyard of Prague Castle, south of St. Vitus Cathedral, and is not open to visitors; its offices belong to the Metropolitan Chapter. From the cathedral side, look through the copper-relief grille between the house and the cathedral to see the foundations of the demolished St. Maurice Chapel and the Romanesque basilica, exposed in 1928–1935.

A sandstone statue of Saint Wenceslas from 1662 occupies a niche at the southwest corner of the building. The sculpture was carved by Jan Jiří Bendl, a notable artist of his era whose work here remains one of few original pieces from that period in this location.