Portheimka

Štefánikova 12, Praha 5
Jan Budař

One of the most well-renown baroque architects, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer, initiated the construction of this picturesque Smichov summer palace back in the first half of the 18th century. The building is renown, not only for its Italian-influenced baroque architecture, but also for its unique decoration, including a ceiling fresco depicting a Bacchanalia in the copula of its marble hall by the artist Vavřinec Reiner. On the ground floor are located exhibition spaces, which will be one of the stops along this year’s Literature Night.