The Lobkowicz Palace on Vla\u0161sk\u00e1 street in Mal\u00e1 Strana is one of the most impressive palaces in Prague. A monastery brewery used to stand in its place. Later a farm yard was founded here and it often changed owners. Until 1696 when Franti\u0161ek Karel P\u0159eho\u0159ovsk\u00fd count of Kvasejovic bought vineyards and the house itself. The house was called \u201eAt the Three Musketeers\u201d. A big palace surrounded by a magnificent garden was built in its place. The palace building is built on the foothills of Pet\u0159\u00edn slope, oriented in north \u2013 south direction. It faces Vla\u0161sk\u00e1 street with a four-storey facade and towards Pet\u0159\u00edn and the garden opens with a segmented facade and a court of honour. It was finished around 1707. Both the palace and the garden were built in the Baroque style. Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, the architect of Italian origin, is considered to be the author of the building. Bartholomeus Scoti was the builder. The garden is the masterpiece of J.J. de Capauli and consisted of the private part that was fenced and of the public part that was on the west part of Pet\u0159\u00edn slope.<\/p>\n
A big glasshouse was built before 1744 under the owners of the Czernins of Chudenice.<\/p>\n
The palace was partly damaged by fire in 1768 and afterwards recieved today\u2019s late baroque appearance. At that time, it belonged to the Lobkowitz family, to whom it was passed by the marriage of Antonia Czernin of Chudenice to August Anton\u00edn Josef of Lobkowitz.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
The author of the reconstruction was Ign\u00e1c Jan Nepomuk Palliardi. The palace was raised by one floor above side wings and the central roof was adjusted. The oval court of honour, formed by the wings of the palace, was outlined by a metal fences and a gate, both set in pillars. There are stone vases and plastics on the top of the pillars. The garden was also changed. From French-Italian style it was transformed to the English style. The glasshouse was modified and sala terrena \u2013 a ground building open to the garden – built. Many exotic plants and trees were also imported.<\/p>\n
The main fa\u00e7ade with an entrance is oriented to the north. The street side starts with a fence wall, to which farm buildings were attached and in which there is a gate. Further there is the palace itself and then the wall continues and after several meters it is followed by the orangery building.<\/p>\n
The Lobkowitz family owned the property until 1927 when, after the land reform in 1919, they were no longer able to hold it and the Prague palace was sold to the state. The Ministry of Education and Culture had its seat here. After 1945 it became the seat of foreign embassies and since 1974 it has been the seat of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. The consular department is now located in the orangery.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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