The moderately sized Late Baroque town palace of Mac Newen. It was built by architect Ignác Palliardi. It is a four-wing structure with a courtyard, which was acquired by the Mechura family. In 1827, the young scholar, later on the Father of the nation František Palacký (
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František Ladislav Rieger (December 18, 1818 – March 3, 1903) (
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A household of five generations, from aristocrats to wealthy townsfolk, is presented in six rooms of the first floor in the Rococo Mac Neven Palace. Part of the unique original furnishing is preserved in the social and music salon, bedrooms and studies of historian František Palacký (
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The author of this painting is Karel Stolar. Karel Stolar is the book illustrator who is dedicated to creating drawings sights. You can find this painting in book 'Pražské domy vyprávejí II.'
This book is one of a twelve-part series of books describing structural changes and the development of cultural-historical monuments of Prague (houses, villas and palaces, library, banks, school, museum, hospital, farm, etc.).