Pálffy Palace

The palace is located on the corner of Ventur and Zöldszoba streets. The house, which occupies several former medieval plots, is built in a closed row on the street front. The palace, with a rectangular floor plan adapted to irregular corner plots, has a three-story, gabled roof, and encloses a courtyard inside, was built in 1747 in the Baroque style. In the middle of the 10-axis main facade on Ventur Street, the representative main gate, particularly richly decorated with stone carvings, opens. The military insignia visible in the field above the gate refer to Count Lipót Pálffy, Queen Maria Theresa's successful general, the builder and first owner of the palace. Above the gate, the family's coat of arms, also carved in stone, can be seen. ; There is also a commemorative plaque in the Slovak language on the house, according to which the then six-year-old musician and composer genius W. A. Mozart gave a concert in this house in 1762. (According to other sources, the concert did not take place in this, but in the other Pálffy Palace in the city.) ; Research conducted in connection with the reconstruction of the palace revealed Celtic and Roman finds in the basement. Wall research conducted inside the building found the remains of the rising walls of the Gothic-style town house that previously stood here - incorporated into the current building. ; Today, the Austrian embassy operates in the house.