Nester Palace
Building, structure
The Nester Palace stands on the southern wall of the former Kossuth Lajos Square, on the street front, in a closed row of buildings, on a corner plot. It was built by Josef von Nester in 1856, in the classicist style, according to the plans of Ignác Feigler. The main facade of the building, with a slightly irregular quadrangular floor plan, three floors, four wings enclosing a small courtyard in the middle, and a saddle roof, does not face the square, but rather faces Rigele Street to the southwest. The main gate opens in the middle of the seven-axis, symmetrically constructed facade. This is highlighted by the balcony that rises above the gate on the first floor, and the faun statues that support it and frame the gate on two sides. The statues and the stone reliefs visible under the windows on the first floor were made by sculptor A. Brandl. The facade is crowned by an elegant tympanum rising above the cornice. ; The palace, which was inhabited by its owners until the end of World War II, was used as an administrative building and office for the Slovak Academy of Sciences after its nationalization in 1945. Today, the German embassy operates here.