Petschek Palace
Petschek Palace
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Neighborhood: Nove Mesto (New Town)
Nearly 700 hundred meters long, Wenceslas Square represents the most frequent and buzzing crossroads of the city. The National Museum in the upper part of the square watches over your spending spree in countless shops and retail stores lining the entire square, which ends at Na Příkopě, the most famous shopping street. When tired or broke, you can explore the city's underpasses, which can take you to the Old Town or to the courtyards of art nouveau houses with secret gems of greenery, white benches and rose bushes that provide unexpected peace in the midst of the city. Be sure to pay a visit to the traditional cafés, classic Czech pubs, cinemas and theaters. National Theater near the river has a lot to offer to foreigners. Go to the river bank and enjoy live music and drinks while watching a sunset behind Prague Castle.
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- Museum • 1 min walk
- Central Station • 5 min walk
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LMOverby
Columbia, MO1,747 contributions
Jun 2017 • Friends
The former HQ of the Gestapo in WWII, there is a small memorial/museum in the basement of what is now a government ministry building. The guide we had spoke only Czech, so we needed a translator. There are a few period items on display (e.g., chains and whips used in interrogations), a couple of holding cells you can look into, and a large room with benches on which prisoners were forced to sit all day, in absolute stillness, watching a blank wall. Some displays about Czech resistance, Munich, the Sudentland, etc., but all are in Czech without translation.
Written June 6, 2017
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Bob S
Sheffield, UK100 contributions
Jan 2025 • Solo
I went to this place with a view to visiting a Museum of Prague under Nazi rule. Ot was advertised as a Gestapo Museum. When I got there I was met by a doorman who told me rather abruptly that there was no Museum. No further explanation was given, although admittedly his English might not have been very good. This was definitely not as advertised.
Written February 4, 2025
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Maidstone, UK1 contribution
Sep 2020
I went inside to see if I could look at the small memorial/museum in the basement of the building, but the security staff on duty were not very friendly and I was told in no uncertain terms that it would not be possible! So what does one have to do to book on a guided tour? Or is the museum currently closed?
Written September 22, 2020
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Talant2007
Moscow, Russia26,905 contributions
Nov 2023 • Solo
Petschek Palace was built in 1923 - 1929 in the neoclassical style in Prague. It originally belonged to the Petschek family, but was sold by them on the eve of the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938. During the occupation of 1938 - 1945, the Gestapo was located there, and is now the seat of the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Written November 19, 2023
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Fernando S
Temuco, Chile262 contributions
Nov 2024 • Solo
You can no longer enter, you can only see from the outside. It is an official building and from what I was informed in the same building they no longer make sightseeing visits
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Written November 17, 2024
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mm0r0z
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
we are a group 1of 10 coming from Canada would like to visit your Palace on Sat May18 . Is there a charge and what are times . Do I need to make a reservation
Written April 5, 2019
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