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Wallenstein Palace (Czech: Valdštejnský palác) is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, that served as a residence for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein and now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
Constructed from 1624 to 1630, Wallenstein Palace is the first secular building in Prague in the early Baroque style. It was built for the overly ambitious Albrecht von Wallenstein, a powerful Czech nobleman who wanted to have a palace that rivaled the Prague Castle.
When walking around the streets of Lesser Town, the most picturesque quarter of Prague, you should not miss the chance to see Wallenstein Palace and its garden. The complex is one of the most prominent buildings of the Czech Early Baroque period.
Waldstein Palace (also known a Wallenstein Palace) is now the home of the Czech Senate. Some of its most magnificent rooms are open to the public on weekends for free.
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May 14, 2021 · Open: Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4:30pm (April-October, open until 5pm). Wallenstein Palace was the first large building of the Baroque style to be constructed in Prague, and was constructed by Albrecht von Wallenstein, who died in 1634.
Nov 26, 2015 · Wallenstein Palace. If you walk towards Malostranská metro station, you will pass the high walls of Waldstein Palace (Valdštejnský palác). Completed in 1630, this vast Baroque palace was built as a monument by Count Albrecht von Wallenstein (1581-1634) to himself.
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The Baroque Wallenstein Palace, situated in the Lesser Town of Prague, is not only a notable architectural historcial monument, but it is also houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
