Wallenstein Palace

The Wallenstein Palace, in Prague

The Wallenstein Palace is the first great baroque palace of Prague, famous for its sumptuous garden. The Prague audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this monumental residence and its setting of greenery adorned with statues.

The first great baroque palace and its garden

The Wallenstein Palace is the first great baroque palace built in Prague, in the seventeenth century, for the powerful general Wallenstein. This monumental ensemble, which absorbed numerous houses to impose itself in the Malá Strana district, is today the seat of the Czech Senate. Its jewel is its magnificent baroque garden, open to the public, where you admire an elegant loggia, geometric paths, a pool, an aviary and superb bronze statues. A haven of peace and a masterpiece of the art of gardens, the Wallenstein Palace testifies to the power and the splendour of the Prague nobility in the baroque era.

What to see

You admire the first great baroque palace of Prague, today seat of the Senate, and especially its magnificent baroque garden with its elegant loggia, its geometric paths, its pool, its aviary and its bronze statues. The Wallenstein Palace is a haven of peace. It is a stop for lovers of art and gardens, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Wallenstein Palace lies in the Malá Strana district, in Prague, reachable on foot. The baroque garden is generally open to the public according to its own hours, which vary with the season; the palace shelters the Senate. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What is the Wallenstein Palace in Prague?

The first great baroque palace of Prague, built in the seventeenth century for general Wallenstein, famous for its magnificent garden adorned with bronze statues; it today shelters the Czech Senate.

Where is the Wallenstein Palace?

In the Malá Strana district, in Prague, in the Czech Republic.