Letohrádek Hvězda

Letohrádek Hvězda is a Renaissance villa in Prague in the Czech Republic. It is situated in the game reserve of the same name in the Liboc district of Prague 6, about west of Prague city centre.

History

The surrounding game reserve was founded in 1530 by King Ferdinand I. Twenty-five years later he commissioned his younger son Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, to build the villa. The foundations were laid on 27 June 1555 by the Archduke alone, and construction of the villa was completed three years later. The villa is shaped as a six-pointed star, from which it and the game reserve acquire their shared name.

Present

Since 1962, the area has been protected as one national cultural monument. In the basement of the publicly accessible villa there is a model of the Battle of White Mountain. Various cultural and social events, exhibitions and concerts are organized in the villa.