Deymův palác, Neoclassical palace in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic.
Deymův palác is a neoclassical building in Prague's New Town with clean geometric forms and balanced proportions. The facade displays typical features of early 19th-century European architecture with regularly spaced windows and subtle decorative details.
Three 14th-century houses on the site were merged from 1702 by Count František Ferdinand Berchtold of Uherčice, a union completed after 1721 by Count Václav Ignác Deym of Střítež. In 1800 Count Josef Vratislav of Mitrovic bought the palace and had it rebuilt before 1821 to a design by Ignác Palliardi. Nationalised in 1948, it housed the Israeli embassy from 1948 to 1967 and was returned to the Schwarzenberg family after 1989.
The palace bears the name of Václav Ignác Count Deym of Střítež, who completed the merging of three 14th-century houses after 1721. Since 1948 the building at Voršilská 130/10 housed the Israeli embassy until 1967, and today it is home to the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation Vize 97.
The building sits in the heart of New Town, easily reached on foot from several metro and tram stops. In this lively area, restaurants, cafes, and other services surround the palace.
Three modern sculptures of women by David Černý stand above the gables on the Voršilská street side of the palace. The building at Voršilská 130/10 housed the Israeli embassy in Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1967.
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