Kučerův palác, Rococo palace in Hradčany, Prague, Czech Republic

Kučerův palác is a rococo palace at Pohořelec 114/22 in Hradčany, Prague 1, protected as a cultural monument since 1958. Its late Baroque facade with a notable rococo front dates from a reconstruction of 1764–1769, probably commissioned by Karel Kučera and sometimes attributed to Jan Josef Wirch. The building now houses the clothing company VERMONT Holding a.s.

Three narrow Gothic houses stood on the site; by the second half of the 16th century they were rebuilt as the Renaissance house U zlaté lodi. Around 1723 a first Baroque conversion for Count Vrbna turned the layout into a palace. Karel Kučera had the late Baroque rebuilding of 1764–1769 done, sometimes attributed to Jan Josef Wirch.

The palace's names recall its past: U zlaté lodi (At the Golden Ship) from its Renaissance phase, U Demartinů after the chimney-sweep family that owned it, and Kučerův palác after Karel Kučera, the imperial official who commissioned the 1764–1769 late-Baroque rebuild. Since the 1990s it has housed the clothing firm VERMONT Holding.

The palace stands on Pohořelec street at number 114/22 in Hradčany, not at a corner with Keplerova; Keplerova was cut through in the late 19th century, costing the building its courtyard wings and garden. It now houses the clothing company VERMONT Holding, so the rococo facade is best seen from the street.

The palace takes its name from Karel Kučera, a imperial official and administrator of the land registers who was raised to the rank of free baron in 1805; his son Johann commanded the 28th infantry regiment from 1815 to 1832. The late-Baroque facade of 1764–1769 is sometimes attributed to Jan Josef Wirch.