Kinský Garden (Zahrada Kinských)
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It is located on the steep southeast slope of the Petřín Hill over the area of 21.72 hectares. The garden was established by the Count Rudolf Kinský, who began to construct the magnificent garden with a small summer chateaux in 1828. The summer chateaux in the bottom section is, however, currently closed to the public. The garden is typical for numerous water elements. In 2003 a new children playground was commissioned in this locality. At present the garden has been undergoing a vast reconstruction. Garden roads and paths, public lights, and water elements are being regenerated on the slopes. In autumn last year the bottom section of the garden, the summer chateaux surroundings, was open following the reconstruction. |
Points of interest: 1 summer châteaux, 2 small bell tower, 3 monument of the actrees Hana Kvapilová, 4 the former coach-house called „Švýcárna“, 5 the former gatehouse, 6 bottom pond with a statue of Hercules and the 8 upper pond with a sea lion sculpture (both ponds are fed by water flowing out from the local shafts), 7 wooden orthodox St. Michael Church, 9 wayside shrine, 10 look-out places, 11 Hungry Wall with its bastion, 12 a section of the Baroque fortification, 13 fruit orchard, 14 sandstone rock outcrops, children playground