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. Landscaped Gardens
Sloping vineyards were levelled,
hillsides excavated and terraces
built to fulfil the elaborate and
grandiose plans of French
architect, Jean-Baptiste Mathey,
for the first Baroque French-style
formal gardens in Bohemia.
The palace and its geometric
network of paths, terracing,
fountains, statuary and beautiful
terracotta vases, is best viewed
from the south of the garden
between the two orangeries.
The gardens have been carefully
restored according to Mathey’s
original plans.
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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
U trojského zámku 1, Prague 7.
Tel 283 851 614.
∑ ghmp.cz
Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–
Thu, Sat & Sun, 1–6pm Fri.
& 7 ^ -
Transport
4 see p57. X Holešovice,
then @ 112.
. Grand Hall Fresco
The frescoes in the Grand Hall
(1691–7), by Abraham Godyn,
depict the story of the first
Habsburg Emperor, Rudolph I, and
the victories of Leopold I over the
archenemy of Christianity, the
Sublime Porte (Ottoman Empire).
Personification
of Justice
Abraham Godyn’s
image of Justice gazes
from the lower east wall
of the Grand Hall.
Café
Main entrance
Palace entrance
To the maze
Grand fountain
Orangery
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