The Presidential Building is located in the southwest part of the Royal Park of Prague Castle. A baroque greenhouse once stood on this site. “However, only part of it survived, which was later put into the new construction of a villa for then president Edvard Beneš during the Second World War,” says architectural historian Zdeněk Lukeš.
The Presidential Building is a building that stands in the southwest part of the Royal Gardens of Prague Castle. | Video: TV Architect
After the Second World War, castle architect Pavel Janák had two symmetrical wings added to the remains of the original greenhouse by designer Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. A residence was created, but Edvard Beneš did not enjoy it, as he abdicated in 1948 and died the same year.
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President Klement Gottwald became the first tenant. The other tenants were other communist-era presidents: Antonín Zápotocký, Antonín Novotný, Ludvík Svoboda and Gustáv Husák. Currently, a small cinema and sauna and swimming pool are also built in the villa.
In the 1990s, President Václav Havel opened the Royal Gardens to the public. While the residence served as a backdrop for press conferences and meetings, the upper floors housed apartments for important visitors.
The building was recently reconstructed according to the plans of the architect Tomáš Šantavý. All quality details from the original build have been preserved. The unique baroque painting in the Risalit was also repaired.
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