Wallenstein Palace
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Waldstein Palace is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, that served as a residence for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Waldstein and now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic.
The east facade of the palace and portion of the Waldstein Garden with Prague Castle in the background
Gardens of the palace
Garden frontage with sala terrena
Albrecht Wallenstein as Mars (cropped)
Albrecht von Wallenstein
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Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland, also von Waldstein, was a Bohemian military leader, statesman and a major figure of the Thirty Years' War, fighting on the Catholic side as
Wallenstein Palace
…Waldstein Palace (Czech: Valdštejnský palác) is a Baroque palace in Malá Strana, Prague, that served as a residence for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Waldstein and now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic. The original Palace was built in years 1623-1630 by Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Mecklenburg…
Portrait by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, after a 1629 original by Anthony van Dyck
Countess Isabelle von Harrach, Wallenstein's second wife
The battle of Lützen was one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War, in which the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus was killed.