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Star Castle (Letohradek Hvezda)

Renaissance hunting lodge Letohrádek hvězda (Star Summer Palace) was built between 1555 and 1557 by Ferdinand of Tyrol. The horizontal projection of this palace is the six-pointed star (hexagram). Hvezda Summer Palace was decorated by Italian Maria Aostalli and Giovanni Lucchese. The palace now contains exhibitions devoted to the work of the writer Alois Jirásek and the painter Mikoláš Aleš. Park Hvezda – Unlike any other park in Prague, this is a densely wooded area crisscrossed with riding/cycling paths and tracks. 

Location: Park Hvezda (Obora Hvězda) 160 00, Liboc, Praha 6, Phone 235 357 938
Castle Open: May-Sep Tue—Sun 10-6; Apr, Oct Tue—Sun 10-5

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