Archbishop's palace
Description:
A unique architectural monument of early Baroque. It was designed by Italian architect Filiberto Luceso on the site of an old Renaissance palace from 1665 to 1685. Subsequently, the building was repeatedly rebuilt and restored, but the best European masters always participated in these works.
Today, the Archbishop’s Palace is a complex of seven three-story wings forming two courtyards, with three entrance portals. It is the only bishop’s residence in Europe that is open to tourists. With an excursion, they can visit the five rooms of the palace, the library, the study, the hall for temporary exhibitions. The rooms store collections of old furniture, walls and ceilings are decorated with beautiful painting and stucco.
In the Archbishop's Palace for all the time of its existence there have been eminent guests. Before the Battle of Austerlitz, Emperor Franz I and Alexander I met here. In December 1848, Emperor Franz Joseph I was crowned in the palace. Later, the presidents of Czechoslovakia Tomasz Masaryk, Eduard Benes, Vaclav Havel came here. In 1995, Pope John Paul II visited here.