Tyršův dům

The Michna Palace in Prague's Lesser Town (Malá Strana) is a Baroque building constructed in the seventeenth century for Pavel Michna of Vacínov. It was built on the site of an earlier Renaissance summer palace belonging to the Kinsky family, which Michna had acquired in 1623. Although the original, ambitious plans were never fully carried out, the building is considered one of the city's most valuable architectural landmarks. After World War I, the Sokol movement purchased the then dilapidated palace and had it restored for use as its Prague headquarters. Today the Michna Palace is part of the Tyrš House complex and has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958.