Vlachovka, Historic homestead and cultural monument in Libeň, Prague, Czech Republic

Vlachovka is a late-classical two-winged homestead built in the mid-19th century on the site of a vineyard estate in Prague 8-Libně, Zenklova Street. Its southern facade has a portico with a balcony carried by Tuscan columns, a triangular gable, and a rusticated plaster facade with Tuscan pilasters between the windows. Remnants of vineyard structures survive in the garden, and only part of the former enclosing wall remains, with a walled-up gate bearing volutes.

A vineyard was documented here by the 17th century. French troops destroyed the 1720 estate and their horses uprooted the vines, as the Theresian Cadastre records; the Augustinian monastery restored vineyard and estate after 1775. The late Neoclassical two-winged building was erected in the mid-19th century on the vineyard estate site. Owners included Jan Pešek (1840), the factory owner Josef Porges of Portheim, and the farmer Josef Chvojka at the end of the 19th century.

The name Vlachovka recalls the vineyard estate documented here by the 17th century, whose vines were torn out by horses during the French invasion. After 1775 the Augustinian monastery renewed the vineyard and farm. From the First Republic era a pub and restaurant operated on the site, and after 1945 the local public security detachment was housed here.

The location sits in a regular residential neighborhood and is visible from the outside, though access to the interior may be limited. For detailed information or visiting conditions, interested visitors should contact local heritage preservation offices.

The gate surviving in the garden wall is walled up, and its carved volutes are easy to miss from Zenklova Street. The garden once covered the area of two house blocks and an alley led from it to the neighbouring Stírka homestead. Remnants of vineyard buildings still stand by the house.