Czerninsky Palace ( Černínský palác ) - an extended (facade length of 150 meters) palace of the aristocratic family of Chernins in the Hradcany near Prague Castle and Loreta . The building houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic .
The construction of the palace began in 1669 by Count Gumprecht Jan Chernin , the imperial ambassador to the Republic of Venice . The initial project of the residence was developed by the architect Francesco Caratti . Colossal construction work ruined the customer and the construction dragged on for many decades. The interiors were designed by Franz Maximilian Kanka (circa 1720), the author of the frescoes was Vaclav Wavrinets Rainer , the harsh Palladian facade of thirty massive Corinthian half-columns was completed in 1747 by Anselmo Lurago . The main hall is three floors in height.
At the end of the XVIII century, Chernin were unable to maintain one of the most ambitious residences of Prague in proper condition and tried to sell it to Emperor Joseph II , but did not agree on the price. As a result, the palace was in desolation for a long time. Only in 1851 it was rebuilt under the barracks . Later, an orphanage moved into the building.
After the formation of Czechoslovakia, the government of Tomasz Masaryk drew attention to an empty building in the center of the capital. At the end of the capital reconstruction of 1928-1934. The Chernin Palace was occupied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the Second World War, he was elected his residence by the German governor R. Heydrich . In 1948, the corpse of Minister Jan Masaryk was found in the palace (the so-called third Prague defenestration ).
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