Malý Buquoyský Sarayı, Palace in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic

The Malý Buquoyský palác is a late-Renaissance house on Velkopřevorský plac in Prague's Malá Strana, built in 1598 for the Knights of Malta chancellor Melchior Gniesen of Kobach on the site of a former garden. Its 18th-century Baroque rebuilding left a monumental staircase decorated with putti from the workshop of Ignác Platzer. Since 1816 it has been joined to the neighbouring Velký Buquoyský palác.

The original late-Renaissance building was commissioned in 1598 by Melchior Gniesen of Kobach, chancellor of the Knights of Malta, on the site of a former garden. After passing through the Redern and Černín families, it served as the order's alumnate from 1621 to 1721, was rebuilt in Baroque style in the 18th century by the Vražda of Kunvald family, and was joined to the neighbouring palace in 1816 when both came into Buquoy ownership.

The palace carries the name of the Buquoy family, who owned it from 1816 and joined it to their larger palace next door; the neighbouring Velký Buquoyský palác had belonged to them since 1748. Earlier it was called Vraždův or Redernovský palace, after the Vražda z Kunvaldu family and Kryštof z Redernu.

The palace stands on Velkopřevorské náměstí in Malá Strana, next to the large Buquoyský palác, and both are linked into one complex. The building is leased long-term to the French embassy, so interiors are not open to the public; the baroque staircase with putti by Ignác Platzer's workshop is seen only from outside.

The palace's monumental staircase, with putti sculptures from Ignác Platzer's workshop, dates from its 18th-century Baroque rebuilding under the Vražda of Kunvald family. From 1621 to 1721 the building served as the alumnate, or residence, of the Knights of Malta.