Vratislavský palác, Neoclassical palace in Malá Strana, Czech Republic
Vratislavský palác is a two-storey Baroque palace at Tržiště 366/13 in Malá Strana, with a Neoclassical facade from the rebuilding of 1824–1834. Its deep front wing encloses a square courtyard, and a terraced garden with a sala terrena and grotto lies at the rear.
Kryštof František Vratislav of Mitrovice bought two houses with a garden on Tržiště in 1671 and had them rebuilt by the end of the 17th century into a palace with a deep front wing and a square courtyard. In 1675–1676 he added garden terraces, a staircase, a grotto and a sala terrena, and in 1717 the palace was entered into his family's fideicommissum. A classical reconstruction in 1824–1834 gave it today's facade, and from 1861 to 1876 it housed the Malostranské gymnázium.
The palace takes its name from the Vratislav family of Mitrovice, who bought two houses on Tržiště in 1671. From 1861 to 1876 the building housed the Malostranské gymnázium, a secondary school. Today it holds the embassy of the Republic of Ireland and the American Center.
The building today houses the Irish Embassy and an American cultural center within its rooms. A thorough renovation during the 1990s updated the interior spaces to meet modern needs.
The garden's sala terrena, a grotto and a staircase were built between 1675 and 1676 on Kryštof František Vratislav's orders. The palace next door, Schönbornský palác, houses the United States embassy, while this building holds the Irish embassy.
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