Czernin Palace

The Czernin Palace, in Prague

The Czernin Palace is the largest baroque palace of Prague, with a monumental façade, in the Hradčany district. The Prague audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this imposing building, a witness of the ambition of the nobility in the baroque era.

The largest baroque palace of the town

The Czernin Palace is the largest baroque palace of Prague, built at the end of the seventeenth century for the powerful Czernin family, who wanted to assert their prestige through a monumental residence. Its façade, of an impressive length, is punctuated with a majestic row of high engaged columns, in a grandiose baroque style. Located in the Hradčany district, facing the Loreto sanctuary, it testifies to the excessive ambition of the aristocracy of the era. Today the seat of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Czernin Palace remains one of the most imposing buildings of Prague.

What to see

You admire the monumental façade of an impressive length, punctuated with a majestic row of high columns, of the largest baroque palace of Prague, in the Hradčany district. The Czernin Palace testifies to the ambition of the baroque nobility. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Czernin Palace lies in the Hradčany district, facing the Loreto sanctuary, in Prague, reachable on foot. You mainly admire its façade from outside; the palace shelters the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its access follows its own uses. You discover it during a walk in the district.

What is the Czernin Palace in Prague?

The largest baroque palace of Prague, built at the end of the seventeenth century for the Czernin family, with a monumental façade punctuated with high columns; it today shelters the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Where is the Czernin Palace?

In the Hradčany district, in Prague, in the Czech Republic.