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4 unusual facts about Wallenstein Palace


Wallenstein Palace

Pieroni studied the design of the new part to Wallenstein’s Castle in Jičín and the church of St. Jacob there, and the garden, Sala Terrena, and Riding School are attributed to him.

The palace chapel is two stories high and richly decorated with scenes from the legend of St Wenceslas.

The Florentine Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni (1586-1654), engineer and army colonel, played an important role in the construction.

Emperor Ferdinand II feared Albrecht of Wallenstein’s calculating mind and had him assassinated in 1634 in the town of Eger (now Cheb).


Czech Baroque architecture

Wallenstein Palace (Czech: Valdštejnský palác) was designed and built by Italian architects Giovanni Pieroni and Andrea Spezza and was inspired by the newest Italian architecture of its time but the influence of Mannerism can be also seen.


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