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Wallenstein Palace
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This vast palace complex, the first monumental early Baroque secular building in Prague, was built between 1624 and 1630 on the site of 26 houses, 6 gardens, 2 brickworks and one plot of land for one of the most powerful and wealthiest Czech noblemen of the post-White Mountain period, Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583 – 1634). Today it is the seat of the Czech Senate. The adjacent Wallenstein Gardens are open to the public during the summer.
It’s said that in front of the Wallenstein Palace a headless ghost of bellman appears. He used to wake up Albert at night, which made Albert so angry that he cut off bellman’s head. Sometimes a fat man can be seen – a fat man who refused to give a beggar a slice of bread.
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Wallenstein Palace
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This vast palace complex, the first monumental early Baroque secular building in Prague, was built between 1624 and 1630 on the site of 26 houses, 6 gardens, 2 brickworks and one plot of land for one of the most powerful and wealthiest Czech noblemen of the post-White Mountain period, Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583 – 1634). Today it is the seat of the Czech Senate. The adjacent Wallenstein Gardens are open to the public during the summer.
It’s said that in front of the Wallenstein Palace a headless ghost of bellman appears. He used to wake up Albert at night, which made Albert so angry that he cut off bellman’s head. Sometimes a fat man can be seen – a fat man who refused to give a beggar a slice of bread.
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All rights reserved - Copyright © Gasper Zalar