Czernin Palace

The Czernin Palace (Czech: Černínský palác) is the largest of the baroque palaces of Prague, which has served as the offices of the Czechoslovak and later Czech foreign ministry since the 1930s. It was commissioned by the diplomat Humprecht Jan Czernin, the Habsburg imperial ambassador to Venice and Rome, in the 1660s.^[1]

The palace features stuccos by Italian artists.^[2]

^ Rough Guide Prague 2002 Page 56 "For all its grandeur – it's the largest palace in Prague, for the sake of which two whole streets were demolished – it's a pretty brutal building, commissioned in the 1660s by Count Humprecht Jan Cernin, one-time imperial ambassador to Venice"
^ Mojmír Horyna, Pavel Zahradník, Pavel Preiss Czernin Palace in Prague 2001 Page 23 "... working so hard it could be hoped that they would finish before the Count's arrival in Prague. This was the first time the two stucco makers working at the palace were actually named – Giovanni Bartolommeo Cometa and Giovanni Maderna."

[1] Rough Guide Prague 2002 Page 56 "For all its grandeur – it's the largest palace in Prague, for the sake of which two whole streets were demolished – it's a pretty brutal building, commissioned in the 1660s by Count Humprecht Jan Cernin, one-time imperial ambassador to Venice"

[2] Mojmír Horyna, Pavel Zahradník, Pavel Preiss Czernin Palace in Prague 2001 Page 23 "... working so hard it could be hoped that they would finish before the Count's arrival in Prague. This was the first time the two stucco makers working at the palace were actually named – Giovanni Bartolommeo Cometa and Giovanni Maderna."

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