The Archiepiscopal Palace is located in close proximity to Prague Castle, on the left side when facing the entrance gate (
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The magnificent residence of the Prague archbishops was constructed in the 1560s by the first post-Hussite Prague Archbishop, Antonín Brus of Mohelnice, through the reconstruction of the Renaissance Gryspek Palace. The three-story palace occupies an irregular elongated plot and consists of four wings of the main building, which are centered around a courtyard.
The palace was expanded in 1599-1600 and baroquely transformed in 1676 according to the design by J. B. Mathey. Its current form, with a Rococo facade, is the work of J. J. Wirch from 1764 to 1765. The sculptural decoration was provided by I. F. Platzer.
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