Ledeburský palác, Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Czech Republic

Ledeburský Palace stands on Valdštejnské Square, its thirteen-axis, two-storey facade early Neoclassical with baroque decoration. A five-axis central risalit ends in a triangular pediment, flanked by the entrance portals of two carriage passages. Behind, a garden wing runs north between two courtyards toward the terraced Ledebour Garden.

Architect Giovanni Domenico Orsi designed the palace in 1665 on the remains of five medieval houses, which were consolidated after a major fire destroyed this area in 1541. This rebuilding reflects how the neighborhood recovered from that disaster.

The palace has housed the National Heritage Institute since 1990, following the Ministry of Information after 1945. Its name recalls Count Adolf Ledebour, who bought it in 1852 and had the interiors redone in neo-baroque style by architect Jan Maximilián Heger.

The palace stands at Valdštejnské náměstí 162/3 in Malá Strana, with two entrance portals flanking the central risalit. The terraced Ledebour Garden behind it rises to the wall of the Prague Castle gardens; its sala terrena may date from the Trautmannsdorf era.

A marble portal from 1588, saved from one of the original medieval houses on the site, is built into the palace facade and connects the structure to its older past. This preserved element often goes unnoticed but offers a direct link to the place's earlier history.