Embassy of Italy / Italské velvyslanectví / Ambasicata D'Italia (Prague)
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Embassy of Italy (Italské velvyslanectví) in Prague you can find in beautiful Baroque Thun-Hohenstein Palace located in Nerudova street, directly below the Prague Castle...
Waymark Code: WM84XB
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/29/2010
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Embassy of Italy in Prague you can find in Thun-Hohenstein Palace in Nerudova street No. 214/20, directly below the Prague Castle. The building, originally called Kolowrat Palace, is one of the most beautiful examples of secular Baroque architecture in Prague. It was designed between 1721-1726 by famous Bohemian Baroque architect Jan Santini Aichl for Count Kolowrat, who requested a building "according to good proportions and symmetry for the beautification of the town and myself for comfort".