The Vrtba Garden In Prague Is One Of Several Fine High Baroque Gardens In The Czech Capital Editorial Photo

It is listed for its historic cultural values by UNESCO the Vrtba Garden is situated on the slope of Petrin Hill in the Mala Strana section of the city. In the midst of an expansive moment in Prague`s history during the 1710s and 1720s, the garden was laid out by Frantisek Maxmilian Kanka, who was renovating the Vrtba palace for Jan Josef, Count of Vrtba. Though the palace has undergone extensive reconstructions in the succeeding centuries, the garden retained its Baroque style and the original statuary and sculptural decor by Matyáš Bernard Braun. In addition, the fresco interiors of the Sala Terrena that links palace and garden, executed by Václav Vavrinec Reiner have also survived. Facing the Sala Terrena across a central pool is a matching aviary.