The Petschek Villa is a palatial house in Prague, Czech Republic, built by Otto Petschek, a member of a German-speaking Jewish family with coal mining and banking interests, in the 1920s. It was constructed between 1924 and 1930 to the design of architect Max Spielmann, with the Matej Blecha construction company carrying out the building work. The Petschek family fled Prague in 1938 fearing Nazi occupation, and during the Second World War the villa served in turn as the residence of German general Rudolf Toussaint, briefly housed Soviet forces, and became the headquarters of the Czechoslovak General Staff. The United States leased the property in 1945 and purchased it outright in 1948 for 1,570,000 dollars, and it has served since as the residence of the American ambassador, first to Czechoslovakia and later to the Czech Republic. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountBubeneč, Czech Republic 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, located there.
Sources
1. Petschek Villa (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petschek_Villa, lead definition
The Petschek Villa (Czech: Vila Otto Petschka) is a palatial home built by Otto Petschek in the early 1920s in Prague.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
The Petschek Villa is a palatial house in Prague, Czech Republic, built by Otto Petschek, a member of a German-speaking Jewish family with coal mining and banking interests, in the 1920s. It was constructed between 1924 and 1930 to the design of architect Max Spielmann, with the Matej Blecha construction company carrying out the building work. The Petschek family fled Prague in 1938 fearing Nazi occupation, and during the Second World War the villa served in turn as the residence of German general Rudolf Toussaint, briefly housed Soviet forces, and became the headquarters of the Czechoslovak General Staff. The United States leased the property in 1945 and purchased it outright in 1948 for 1,570,000 dollars, and it has served since as the residence of the American ambassador, first to Czechoslovakia and later to the Czech Republic.
View the Source2. Petschek Villa (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1929)
Wikidata item Q15094405, property P571: 1929
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q15094405, instance of (P31): villa
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Bubeneč, Czech Republic
Wikidata item Q15094405, property P131/P17 (location): Bubeneč, Czech Republic
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