Hvězda Summer Pavilion — Attraction in Prague

The Star Summer Pavilion, Prague, Muzeum of Literature, Saturda, 23 July 2022, 2130🌟⭐🌟The Game Reserve on White Mountain was founded by Emperor Ferdinand I (1534). A two-floor central building designed by Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol (1529-1595), the Governor of Prague (1547-1567), in a six-pointed star shape was built as a hunting summer palace between 1555 and 1556. The construction of the Star Summer Palace was first supervised by master builders G.M. Aostalli and G. Lucchese, and thereafter by B. Wohlmut. The stucco decoration of vaults on the ground floor date from 1556 to 1560, and is the first to ever appear in transalpine countries. The first half of the 18th century witnessed the Palace damaged by military troops camping in the Game Reserve. As decreed by Emperor Joseph I, the Star Summer Palace was used as a storage house for ammunition from 1785 to 1874 when it closed down. The estate boasts salla terena built in 1558, one of the oldest ballrooms in Bohemia (designed by B. Wohlmut). It was used in the 18th and the 19th centuries as a stable, but only a small part of that building has been preserved. Following the establishment of Czechoslovakia in 1918, the Star Summer Palace was delivered in trust to Prague Castle. First, it underwent a radical reconstruction between 1948 and 1952 under Architect Pavel Janák’s direction to house a permanent exhibition, which had been held in the Alois Jirásek Museum. Next, it was restored in stages between 1986 and 2000. Opening this Renaissance architectural and historical monument of extraordinary quality to a wide range of visitors from the Czech Republic and from abroad was the main project of the MCL within the programme ‘Prague 2000-European City of Culture’. The Star Summer Palace re-opened on May 25th, 2000 with a long-term permanent exhibition entitled ‘History and the Present’. The Palace houses temporary exhibitions devoted to famous figures of classical and modern Czech literature; it is also a popular venue for events, concerts, conferences and...

Park is beautiful, don't do the tour. The park is really nice - there are some long straight gravelled paths and then some twisty forest paths. Calm and beautiful. The star-shaped hunting lodge is cool from the outside, maybe stick your head in to see some of the inside. I bought a ticket and regret it. You have to wait for a "tour", Czech only. I like old boring history but this was too much. He spent 30 mins describing the restored stucco scenes (we're talking maybe 7 scenes from roman/greek mythology, that you have already seen elsewhere). Some people sleeping, everyone looking bored. Finally I thought we were going to go see more of the castle but he moved to another room and... started describing the stucco in the next room. Maybe they feel they have to give people their money's worth so stretch out the time to talk about nothing. I left, and wish I could have that 30 minutes of my life back. Spend yours in...

When I tried to get to the park, I was a little bit confused on the directions since the best place to go there from the metro was Petřiny, but sadly they did not put up any signs so I had to go along a busy road to hopefully get there. Luckily, when I got in, everything changed. There was a multitude of signs of historical events in English + Czech, such as naps of Prague 300~ years ago and the uses of the park during that time, and there were even bins with star shaped shoots too! The best time of year is October, since the sun beautifully glazes through the trees, isn't too bright, isn't too covered by cloud, and it is not too cold as well! Definitely an underrated...