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Salm Palace
Salmovský palác
Front view
General information
Type	Museum Cultural monument
Architectural style	Neoclassical Empire
Location	Prague, Czech Republic
Address	Hradčanské náměstí 186/1 118 00 Prague 1-Hradčany Czech Republic
Coordinates	50°5′24″N 14°24′0″E / 50.09000°N 14.40000°E / 50.09000; 14.40000
Current tenants	National Gallery Prague
Construction started	1800; 225 years ago (1800)
Completed	1811; 214 years ago (1811)
Renovated	2008; 17 years ago (2008)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	František Pavíček [cs]

Salm Palace (Czech: Salmovský palác) is a Neoclassical building in Prague, Czech Republic. It currently serves as a cultural monument and collection site of the National Gallery Prague.

History

Before the construction of Salm Palace, the site housed several other buildings, notably two Renaissance palaces owned by Paul Sixt III of Trautson [it] and the lords of Šternberk. The site contained some of the oldest buildings in Prague. Before 1648 František Karel Matyáš of Šternberk [cs] joined the two palaces together. The merged building was acquired in 1770 by Josef Bretfeld [cs], who transfered it to Archbishop of Prague Wilhelm Florentin von Salm-Salm [cs] in 1795. In 1800 he began renovations, before completely rebuilding the palace from 1810 to 1811 with designs by architect František Pavíček [cs]. Despite the scale of the renovations, many interior details were preserved. After Salm-Salms' death, the palace was acquired by the House of Schwarzenberg and used as the primogeniture's Prague residence until 1945. The building was nationalized by the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic after the Second World War.

In 2003 the building was given to the National Gallery Prague to house collections. From 2008 to 2012, the building underwent extreme renovations. In 2017 the National Gallery Prague closed the permanent exhibition of 19th-century art in the palace, with attendence more than halving the following year.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, was shut down alongside the other galleries of the National Gallery Prague. The Salm Palace would remain closed in during early 2020 along with the Sternberg Palace as other buildings of the National Gallery were reopened. The building was renovated during its closure, and eventually reopened in 2022.

Design

Exhibitions

References

1. ^ Prague City Tourism.
2. ^ National Heritage Institute.
3. Conrad 2019.
4. CTK 2020.
5. Rail 2022.

Citations

Websites

• "National Gallery Prague — Salm Palace". Prague City Tourism. Retrieved 2024-12-19.

• "Salmovský palác". National Heritage Institute [cs]. Retrieved 2024-12-19.

• Conrad, Daniel (2019-04-24). "Klesá návštěvnost Národní galerie, nebo ne? Ministr Staněk si protiřečí" [Is the number of visitors to the National Gallery decreasing or not? Minister Staněk contradicts himself]. Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

• CTK (2020-05-12). "Národní galerie otevřela, bude častěji uklízet. Návštěvnost je poloviční" [The National Gallery has reopened, will be cleaned more often. Visitor numbers are halved.]. Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-12-19.

• Rail, Evan (2022-07-28). "Prague Gets a Reset and the Emphasis Is Local". New York Times. Retrieved 2024-12-19.

Journals

• Křížová, Šárka; Blažková, Gabriela; Skála, Roman (2018). "Chemical Analyses of Glasses Found in Cesspits during Archaeological Excavations in the Salm Palace, Prague, Czech Republic". Journal of Glass Studies. 60: 183–206. ISSN 0075-4250. JSTOR 26678013.

• Art museums and galleries in Prague
• Prague 1
• Neoclassical architecture
• Buildings and structures completed in 1811