palác Kinských
Czechia
Stand on the east side of Old Town Square, near the Jan Hus monument, and look for the pale rococo front at number 606/12, next door to the House at the Stone Bell. This is the Kinský Palace, also called the Goltz-Kinský Palace, and despite the family name it is not a castle but a city palace built to be seen from the square. Your eye goes first to the top: two attics lined with statues of ancient gods, the work of Ignác František Platzer. Below them the façade is thick with stucco decoration by C. G. Bossi, and at ground level two matching monumental entrances, framed by stone columns, are tied together on the first floor by a narrow balcony. Remember that balcony; it matters later.
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