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Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác, National Gallery)

A palace on Hradčany Square (Hradčanské náměstí 15), next to Prague Castle, which is now part of the National Gallery Prague. It houses the collection of Old Masters, which the gallery itself describes as its historic core and which includes pieces from the Kunstkammer of Emperor Rudolf II, among them The Feast of the Rosary by Albrecht Dürer. The National Gallery also holds collections of modern art, art after 1945, prints and drawings (more than 400,000 works), Asian art and architecture, spread across several venues. Access is from the square named after the Hradčany district, a few steps from the castle grounds.

Things to do at Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác, National Gallery): 3 missions

• Tour the Old Masters collectionWalk through the rooms of old painting and choose the work that catches your eye most; read who painted it and when.
• Find Dürer's The Feast of the RosaryAmong the Old Masters, find the painting The Feast of the Rosary by Albrecht Dürer, which comes from Rudolf II's collection.
• Photograph the palace from Hradčany SquareStand on Hradčany Square in front of the palace, at number 15, and frame the façade with the castle surroundings.

Near Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác, National Gallery)

Source: Web oficial - Galería Nacional de Praga, Palacio Sternberg