National Gallery in Prague - Sternberg Palace
The Sternberg Palace houses the National Gallery Prague’s European art collection, with a lineage that begins in 1796 and binds this Baroque façade to a broader national story. Built in the early 18th century, the palace became a key site for the city’s cultural life as the National Gallery was established on February 5, 1796, by a group of Bohemian aristocrats and middle‑class intellectuals who formed what became the Society of Patriotic Friends of the Arts. Today, the Sternberg Palace is one of several historic spaces that host masterworks from antiquity to the Baroque, part of a network that includes the Convent of St Agnes, the Kinský Palace, the Salm Palace, and the Schwarzenberg Palace. …
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