Goltz-Kinský Palace

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  • Address
    Staroměstské náměstí 12, Staré Město
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  • Phone
    224 810758
  • Transport
    underground rail: Staroměstská

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Lonely Planet review

Fronting the late-baroque Goltz-Kinský Palace is probably Prague's finest rococo façade, finished in 1765 by the redoubtable Kilian Dientzenhofer (see the boxed text, ). Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite, once stayed here; his crush on pacifist Bertha Kinský may have influenced him to establish the Nobel Peace Prize.

Many living Praguers have a darker memory of the place, for it was from its balcony in February 1948 that Klement Gottwald proclaimed communist rule in Czechoslovakia. These days it's a branch of the National Gallery, housing temporary art exhibitions.