Loretánská zahrada - Loretánská 118 00

Suburban fire camp

Everyone who has ever visited Hradčany knows the Loreta building from the front, but the view of the gardens behind it is much rarer, as the premises are mostly inaccessible to the public. I was all the happier as I walked through Loretánská Street and saw the open gate to the courtyard! The territory of the Loreto Garden includes plots that have belonged to the so-called Little Czernin House and Trauttmansdorff Palace throughout history. Originally, it was the economic background of the Small Czernin House, which was later added by the new owners to the Trauttmansdorff Palace. The space first served as a garden, then as an orchard. In the 19th century, the palace was sold and turned into a prison and coercive study. After the 2nd st. During the war, the premises became part of the gardens with greenhouses. In the coming years, an extensive regeneration of the area is planned, which, according to historical maps, belonged to the property of the Little Černín House. The former Černín riding school was established on the site of a defunct medieval building, first in the form of a Renaissance building, extended in the Baroque period, then as a riding school with stables, built for the Černín family after 1720. The Černín building became the property of the land in 1718, and three years later an extensive reconstruction of the house began. In 1845, the old riding school was demolished, but the reconstruction did not take place in full, and the entire building, including the land, was acquired by a coercive office located in the neighborhood (Trauttmannsdorf Palace). The new enclosure wall to Loretánská Street dates from this period. In 1830, the coercive prison was merged with the women's prison. At that time, the gardens were transformed into an orchard. Today, the garden is used by various non-profit organizations. The Prague 1 Volunteer Fire Brigade organizes a suburban summer camp here every year.