Pálffy garden, Garden in Malá Strana, Prague.

The Pálffy Garden consists of two Baroque terraced gardens on the steep southern slope below Prague Castle: the Great Pálffy Garden, with eight terrace levels linked by a central stairway that runs partly through tunnels, and the Small Pálffy Garden, with seven terraces of pear, apple and cherry trees. The Great Garden covers 0.2 ha between 195 and 225 m and has large trellises for climbing plants on its retaining walls.

The garden originated in the 18th century when Jan Josef of Valdštejn merged two houses into a palace. Maria Anna of Fürstenberg shaped it into its current form in 1751.

The garden is part of the Palace Gardens Below Prague Castle complex and displays European Baroque design with ornamental staircases and pavilions. Visitors experience the symmetrical layouts and artistic details that define this architectural period.

The garden is accessible daily with various pathways through the terrace levels, some of which are steep. Sturdy footwear is recommended, especially during wet or slippery conditions.

The sundial is not in the middle of the garden but on the portal of the Baroque tunnel staircase on the second terrace of the Great Pálffy Garden. The red letters of its Latin inscription, read as Roman numerals, give the year 1751.