When: June 2014
In 1630, the treacherous and rather successful military leader Albrecht von Wallenstein built a palace that was supposed to (but doesn't) rival Prague Castle. Having traveled through Italy beforehand, von Wallenstein commissioned architects and artists from that country to construct the garden with courtyards, a small pond, statues that have since been taken by the Swedes and replaced with replicas, and a dripstone wall with artificial stalactites. In a bit of architectural mayhem, the wall includes the shapes of animals and grotesque (the plaque's word, not mine) faces. Look carefully and you'll find at least two here. On a side note, the Czech Senate officially convenes in the palace, ensuring that the wall isn't the only place on the property that you'll be able to find snakes.
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