Social Programme

The Welcome Cocktail is free for the conference participants.

Conference organizers are pleased to inform you that RAFA 2011 Symposium dinner will be organized in impressive historical building Kaisersteinsky palace, located in the heart of Prague Old Town, in close proximity of Prague Castle and Charles Bridge.
Previous RAFA visitors know unforgettable events prepared for past RAFA dinners. Also in 2011, conference organizers aim to prepare nice program with opera aria, music (both historical and modern style), historical dances …

HISTORY OF KAISERSTEINSKY PALACE

1699–1720
Baroque reconstruction initiated by Sir Kaiserstein but completed by Petr Radecky
1859
Monument of marshal Radecky was built on the square. Until 1918 the square carried his name.
1866
Václav Petzold, a hotelier, buys the palace and opens an exclusive restaurant. For the next hundred years it is called „U Petzoldu“.
1904–1908
Famous opera singer Emmy Destinn, a partner of Enrico Caruso, rents an apartment here.
1977
Total reconstruction begins under the architects Zdenek Pokorny and Jaroslav Belsky.
1981
The palace is registered as a UNESCO heritage site.
1997
Restitution procedures are completed and the palace is returned to its original owners.