Stately Baroque palace reopened after extensive renovation












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            By Jan Velinger


            October 1, 2019


            Charles University reopened Millesimovský Palace in Celetná Street to great anticipation o
            the building was largely covered by scaffolding and under renovation for more than one yea



            Among those who took part in the launch was the country’s finance minister, Alena Schiller

            guests, and university officials.

            At the launch, Rector Tomáš Zima recalled the building’s past as a gambling venue and luxu

            the nobility in the 19th century; it came into the keeping of the university fairly late: 
            after the fall of communism in the former Czechoslovakia.


            The building – which underwent an extensive transformation in the Baroque period in 1756 –
            details preserved from its Gothic past (notably, two former windows and alcoves in one of 
            While some rooms will serve for lectures and lessons, the palace is also the site of the s

            information and advisory services (UK Point). On the upper floor, there will also be a stu
            students and a library.


            The palace’s courtyard, meanwhile, boasts an impressive modern glass roof making it access
            shine. The oldest renovated chambers are Romanesque cellars that can be used all year roun
            for exhibitions, said university Vice-Rector Jan Royt, who gave a tour of the premises.


            Renovation of the Millesimovský Palace cost 180 million crowns.