The Renaissance Palace of the Lords of Hradec (also called the Slavatovský, Kolovratský or Thunovský palace), which came about through progressive modifications of three burned-out houses in the 2nd half of the 16th century and was then rebuilt in the Baroque style, has its former frontage facing the Castle Steps, the dominant feature of the lower part of their right side. On the façade of the palace is a bronze memorial plaque with a relief portrait commemorating the fact that Alphonse Mucha and his family lived here between 1911 and 1924. ‘Meanwhile my grandmother managed to find a big apartment for all of us. It was in the Lesser Town at 25 Thunovská street, on the second floor of the historic Thun Palace. … The apartment had five rooms all in a row. All the windows face south, with a beautiful view of the whole of Prague, Petřín and the magical rooftops of the Lesser Town.’ (source: Mucha Foundation, cit. Jaroslava Muchova).