Šlikův palác, Baroque palace in Hradčany, Prague, Czech Republic

Šlikův palác is a classicist palace at Pohořelec 111/25 in Hradčany, formed by three wings around a rectangular courtyard, with a garden adjoining the east wing. Its two-storey street facade has seventeen axes in the straight section and two at the angled east corner, a sandstone entrance portal and a balcony slab on two curved corbels.

A house stood here by 1377; in 1600 imperial official Pavel z Krausenecku bought it for 1500 thalers and rebuilt it in late Renaissance style. In the mid-17th century Jindřich Šlik had it joined with the neighbouring house in early Baroque style. Damaged during the French occupation of Prague in the 1740s, it was sold in 1786 to Zuzana Ehrenreichová, but kept the Šlik name.

The building reflects how Prague's nobility once displayed their wealth and status through grand residences during the baroque period. You can see this in the careful decoration and prominent position it holds among the surrounding aristocratic homes.

The palace is located in Prague 1 and easily accessible by public transport, with several stops nearby in the Hradčany area. Visitors can view the building from the street and appreciate its facade without special arrangements or planning.

From 1905 to 2013 the building housed the Hradčany branch of the Prague City Library, the library's first branch; its opening was attended by director Antonín Sova. A plaque beside the entrance recalls Josef Boleslav Pecka-Strahovský, born here in 1849, co-founder of the Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party.