Pálffy Palace (other)
Pálffy Palace may refer to various Central European palaces owned by the noble Pálffy ab Erdöd family: * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Josefsplatz * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Wallnerstraße Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Hviezdoslavovo námestie * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Ventúrska Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Panská Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Podhradie, Zámocká Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Laurinská Street * demolished Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Gorkého Street * Pálffy Palace in Prague, Malá Strana * Pálffy Palace (Pálffy-kastély) in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

Palace
A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which housed the Roman Empire, Imperial residences. Most European languages have a version of the term (''palats'', ''palais'', ''palazzo'', ''palacio'', etc.) and many use it to describe a broader range of buildings than English. In many parts of Europe, the equivalent term is also applied to large private houses in cities, especially of the aristocracy. It is also used for some large official buildings that have never had a residential function; for example in French-speaking countries ''Palais de Justice'' is the usual name of important courthouses. Many historic palaces such as parliaments, museums, hotels, or office buildings are now put to other uses. The word is also sometimes used to describe an elaborate building used for public ent ...
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Johann Pálffy Palace
Johann Pálffy Palace ( or ''Pálfiho palác'') is a late Classicism-style building in the Old Town, Bratislava, Slovakia, on the Panská street, near the Hviezdoslav Square. The palace is standing on the site of a former building, which was until the mid-1850s the seat of Pozsony county Pozsony county was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now mostly part of Slovakia, while a small area belongs to Hungary. In 1969, the three villages that remained in H .... After the seat moved elsewhere, it was rebuilt in late Classicist style by the Pálffy family, who were former hereditary chiefs of the Pozsony county. After its reconstruction in the 1980s, it currently houses three permanent exhibitions of the Bratislava City Gallery and temporary exhibitions. References Palaces in Bratislava Baroque palaces in Slovakia {{Slovakia-struct-stub ...
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Pálffy Palace (Budapest)
Pálffy Palace may refer to various Central European palaces owned by the noble Pálffy ab Erdöd family: * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Josefsplatz * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Wallnerstraße Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Hviezdoslavovo námestie * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Ventúrska Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Panská Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Podhradie, Zámocká Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Laurinská Street * demolished Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Gorkého Street * Pálffy Palace in Prague, Malá Strana * Pálffy Palace (Pálffy-kastély) in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

Malá Strana
Malá Strana ( Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", ) or historically Menší Město pražské () is a district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods. In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center of the ethnic German (and since 16th century also Italian) citizens of Prague. It also housed many noble palaces while the right-bank towns were comparatively more bourgeois and more Bohemian Czech. Name The name Malá Strana literally means "Little Side", though it is frequently referred to as "Lesser Town", "Lesser Quarter", or "Lesser Side". It is on the left (west) bank of the river Vltava, on the slopes just below Prague Castle. The name distinguishes it from the larger districts of Prague on the right bank, with which it is linked by the Charles Bridge. Originally, when it was founded in 1257, the district was called the ''New Town beneath Prague Castle'' (). When Charles IV founded the New Town of Prague in 1348, Malá Strana ...
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Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ...
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Pálffy Palace (Prague)
Pálffy Palace may refer to various Central European palaces owned by the noble Pálffy ab Erdöd family: * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Josefsplatz * Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Wallnerstraße Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Hviezdoslavovo námestie * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Ventúrska Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Panská Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Podhradie, Zámocká Street * Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Laurinská Street * demolished Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Gorkého Street * Pálffy Palace in Prague, Malá Strana * Pálffy Palace (Pálffy-kastély) in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

Pálffy Palace (Laurinská Street)
Pálffy Palace may refer to various Central European palaces owned by the noble Pálffy ab Erdöd family: * Palais Pálffy (Josefsplatz), Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Josefsplatz * Palais Pálffy (Wallnerstrasse), Palais Pálffy in Vienna, Innere Stadt, Wallnerstraße Street * Pálffy Palace (Hviezdoslavovo námestie), Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town, Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava), Hviezdoslavovo námestie * Pálffy Palace (Bratislava), Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town, Ventúrska Street * Johann Pálffy Palace, Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town, Panská Street * Pálffy Palace (Zámocká Street), Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town, Podhradie, Bratislava, Podhradie, Zámocká Street * Pálffy Palace (Laurinská Street), Pálffy Palace in Bratislava, Old Town, Bratislava, Old Town, Laurinská Street * demolished Pálffy Palace (Gorkého Street), Pálffy Pala ...
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Podhradie, Bratislava
Podhradie (; ; ) is a historical part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, situated around the Bratislava Castle hill. Today, it consists of the areas of Zuckermandel, Vydrica and the area above Židovská Street. Until the 13th century, Podhradie consisted of various settlements situated around the castle, outside of the Bratislava city walls with all land on the castle hill belonging to the castle. Zuckermandel and Vydrica were incorporated in 1848 as the 4. district of the city of Bratislava and from 1850 until its partial demolition in the half of 20th century it was called Mesto Márie Terézie (; ). Podhradie was considered to be the most beautiful and picturesque part of the city, traditionally inhabited by the city poor, it was known especially for its inns and prostitution. Most parts of Podhradie were demolished in the 1950s and 1960s due to the construction of transport infrastructure on the Danube riverbank, including the New Bridge. Today, Zuckermandel is being r ...
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Pálffy Palace (Zámocká Street)
Pálffy Palace () is a 17th-century palace of the Pálffy family on Zámocká Street in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia, situated underneath the Bratislava Castle. After partial demolition at the beginning of the 20th century, only the summer pavilion of the original palace complex remains and today, the building is a protected cultural monument and is used for cultural events. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed a concert in the palace during his visit of Bratislava. It is one of four historical buildings in Bratislava named Palffy Palace, the others being on Panská Street, Ventúrska Street and Hviezdoslav Square. History Pálffy Palace and Garden was a large complex built during the reconstruction of the Bratislava castle some time after 1635 by Pál Pálffy. He belonged to the family of Count Mikuláš Pálffy, who married into the Augsburg banking family of Fuggers and acquired financial support to arm soldiers and develop Červený Kameň Castle. Miklós Pálffy ...
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Pálffy Palace (Bratislava)
Pálffy Palace (, ) is a Baroque-style palace in the Old Town of Bratislava, on Ventúrska street. It was built by Count Leopold Pálffy in 1747. It has an interesting portal with a relief reflecting the military career of the count as a general in the army of Empress Maria Theresa. During the reconstruction of the palace, parts of a Gothic building were found in walls at the interior of the building. Roman and Celtic finds were uncovered through archaeological research in the basement. The palace used to contain a mint in the past. Some believe that in 1762, the six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played a concert at the Palace, though there is dispute amongst historians on this point. From 1993 to 2012, the palace was used as the Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest ci ...
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Pálffy Ab Erdöd
The House of Pálffy, also known as Pálffy von Erdőd, Pálffy de Erdőd, or Pálffy of Erdőd, is the name of an old Hungarian nobility, Hungarian noble family, later incorporated into Austrian nobility. Members of the family held significant positions in the Habsburg monarchy. History The Hungarian name ''Pálffy'' derives from the Latin term ''Pauli filius'' (son of Paul), after the first known ancestor of the family.Entr''Pálffy von Erdöd'' in 'Pierer's Universal-Lexikon von 1857', at zeno.org (in German) ''Erdőd'' is the Hungarian name for Ardud, a town situated in Transylvania. The Pálffy ab Erdőd family members bore as well the title of Baron or Baroness of Újezd, of the name of their Czech lands, Czech barony of Újezd (Zlín District), Újezd. The family crest is of a deer above a wooden wheel which was created supposedly after an incident in the forest. The legend says that members of the Pálffy family were travelling in a horse-drawn carriage in the forest a ...
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