Santoška, Cultural monument and homestead in Smíchov, Czech Republic.

Santoška is a former homestead in Smíchov whose only surviving building is a neo-Gothic villa rebuilt in 1868 from an earlier Baroque house. The villa sits on the northwestern edge of the park, on a roughly rectangular plan with corner turrets and projecting wings, reached by a west-east avenue.

Vineyards stood here in the Middle Ages, and an early Baroque homestead was built in 1654. In 1719 Prince Adam František of Schwarzenberg gave it to his lawyer František Vilém Sonntag, whose name it took. The Daubek family bought it in 1813 and had the Baroque villa rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style in 1868; the city of Smíchov purchased villa and park in 1907 for 380,000 crowns.

The name comes from the lawyer František Vilém Sonntag, to whom Prince Adam František of Schwarzenberg gave the estate in 1719; it was first written Sontoška. In the park stand a Flora statue and a pillared gate topped by two putti, both attributed to František Ignác Platzer. Since 1953 the villa has housed a kindergarten.

The villa itself is a working kindergarten, so it can only be seen from outside; the adjoining Santoška park is freely accessible and its paths were relaid with granite setts in 2020. A tree-lined avenue on an east-west axis leads to the villa, and a staircase built by the Smíchov municipality connects the park with the restaurant below.

The villa's name comes from lawyer František Vilém Sonntag, whom Prince Adam František of Schwarzenberg rewarded with the estate in 1719 for his legal services; it was first written Sontoška. In the park, look for the Flora statue and the pillared gate topped by two putti, attributed to František Ignác Platzer.