Lobkowicz Palace
Lobkowicz Palace is the only privately owned building within the Prague Castle complex, and today it houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum. Built in the second half of the 16th century by Jaroslav of Pernštejn and completed by his brother Vratislav II of Pernštejn, it anchors a Renaissance-Baroque lineage within the castle. Vratislav’s wife, Maria Maximiliana Manrique de Lara y Mendoza, brought the Infant Jesus of Prague statue to the palace; the statue was later given by their daughter Polyxena to the Church of Our Lady Victorious, where it remains a popular devotional treasure. A replica of the Infant Jesus of Prague sits on permanent display in the Lobkowicz Palace Museum. The palace passed into the Lobkowicz family through Polyxena’s marriage to Zdeněk Vojtěch, the 1st Prince Lobkowicz (1568–1628). …
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