Lobkowicz Garden

The garden was founded in the French style, in the 18th century it was transformed into an English park, much of which was opened to the public in the 19th century. In the garden there are sandstone statues, which were previously placed on the roof of the palace, where they were replaced by copies. There is also a copy of a sculpture of David Černý's trabant called Quo vadis, and one of the real grass-green trabants was located here. The garden was founded in French style, and it was converted into an English park in the 18th century, a large part of which was open to the public in the 19th century. In the garden, there are sandstone statues, which were previously placed on the roof of the palace, later replaced by copies. There is also a copy of the sculpture of trabant car called Quo vadis made by David Černý and one of the real grass-green trabants was placed there too.

Lobkowicz Garden in Lesser Town in Prague is the name of the fenced garden of the Lobkowicz Palace and at the same time one of the parts of the large park complex of Petřín Hill. In the system of urban green areas it belongs to the 1st category of parks and is a part of tourism routes. Together with the palace (Vlašská 19) it has been protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1 January 1964. [1] Its area is 6.69 ha and is situated at an altitude of 205-305 meters above sea level. Inner tent of Lobkowicz Palace with garden Lobkowicz Garden is sometimes called Přehořovská Garden. [2] It was founded in 1696 when Count František Karel Přehořovský of Kvasejovice obtained permission from the Emperor to acquire the house “At the Three Musketeers”, to establish a new building and to establish a generous, symmetrical garden. He began building a palace complex on the site of the House of the Three Musketeers with a brewery and five vineyards. Many prominent construction masters and architects participated in the project, including Giovanni Antonio Lurago, Giovanni Santini, Giovanni Battista Alliprandi, Christoph Dientzenhofer and Bartolomeo Scotti. Since 1714, its new owner, broker Jan Josef Bartoletti, has invested 70,000 gold in the palace and the adjacent gardens with all its accessories. In 1717, only four years later, he exchanged it with great profit with Count František Karel Libštejnský of Kolovraty, a secret council, a real chamberlain and an associate of the Land Court in the Bohemian Kingdom, for his estate Prestavlka. In 1734 the palace changed the owner again. It was bought by Antonie Černínová. In 1753 he passed into the ownership of Augustin Joseph of Lobkowicz. During his era, the palace and the garden underwent extensive modifications, which resulted in a Baroque garden of Italian type axially linked to the palace. Further adjustments were made only after 1790 in the English landscape style. After 1790, Jan Skalník, the first Czech alpinum in Prague, where 400 plant species were collected, was built in this garden by a gardener from Mariánské Lázně. The Lobkowicz family lived with the palace and garden until 1927 and lent it its name. The palace became the main Prague seat of the Hořín-Mělník branch of the Czech noble family of the Lobkowicz family. Since one of the preserved plan of the gardens still bears the signature of Palliardi, it can be assumed that at the time of the Lobkowitz he also participated in their modification. After the First World War, in 1927, the palace with all the relevant houses and gardens was acquired by the Czechoslovak state and precise plans of land and gardens were made, which are still preserved in the National Archive. Since 1973 the palace and a smaller part of the garden have been used by the Embassy and Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany. Over 4,000 GDR refugees were sheltered in tents in the garden, and on 22 August 1989 the embassy had to be closed due to overcrowding. [3]

The last of the parks that were not affected by "revitalization". This is how Ehm, Sudek, Funke and others saw Prague years ago. Over time, "unstable" trees will be "removed" to ensure the safety of the audience.

Nadherny park. I recommend to start back from Ujezda and keep to the right, past the American Embassy uphill, to the Strahov Cluster. Beautiful walk for half an hour with several views of the Prague Castle. The cluster then goes to Novy Svet and then down Nerudovka, which is another half hour. Maximalne doporucuju!