Trauttmannsdorfský palác, Neoclassical palace in Hradčany, Czech Republic
Trauttmannsdorfský palác is a Classicist palace at Loretánská 180/6 in Hradčany, named after the Austrian Trauttmansdorff family. The building, protected as a Czech cultural monument, has a small tower that once housed a chapel, and a heritage-listed garden belongs to it. Since October 2019 some departments of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs have occupied it.
In the 14th century the plot held burgher houses, one belonging to Petr Parléř and others to his sons; most burned or were abandoned in the 15th century. A large house with gardens built in the 16th century passed from the Šliks to the Kinskýs and Lobkovics, then to the Trčkové z Lípy. After the 1634 confiscations the Trauttmansdorffs rebuilt it in early Baroque style and held it until the early 19th century, when it became a Neoclassical tenement.
The palace is named after the Austrian Trauttmansdorff family, who acquired it after the 1634 confiscations of Wallenstein's property and owned it until the early 19th century. Maximilian von Trauttmansdorff was the first to accuse Wallenstein of treasonous intentions and took part in concluding the Peace of Prague in 1635. A small tower on the building once housed a chapel.
The palace at Loretánská 180/6 in Hradčany houses departments of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so it is a working office rather than a sight open to tourists. The building is a protected cultural monument and its listed garden belongs to the property; view the exterior and garden from the street.
A small tower on the building once housed a chapel, and a protected garden belongs to the palace. The site also holds a personal link to medieval Prague: in the 14th century one of the houses standing here belonged to Petr Parléř, the cathedral builder, and others to his sons.
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