Valdštejnský palác
Czechia
You approach from Valdštejnské náměstí in Malá Strana, and the palace turns its main façade, three window bays wide, westward onto the square. What lies behind it is larger than the frontage suggests. Between 1623 and 1630 Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna, one of the most powerful and wealthiest nobles of his day, had this complex raised on ground once occupied by the Trčka palace, another 23 houses, three large gardens, a town gate and a lime kiln with a brickworks. Its splendour was meant to outshine even Prague Castle. It is counted the first secular building of the post-White Mountain era to combine the town palace with the Italian villa, and since the Czech Senate was founded in 1996 it has been the Senate's seat.
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