Venue

The FQMT04 conference will take place in two following sites:

Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnsky palac)
Masaryk Residence Halls (Masarykova kolej)

First two days of the conference will be held in the Wallenstein Palace, while the second part of the conference will take place in the Masaryk Residence Halls.


The FQMT04 conference dinner will take place in the restaurant:

Lvi dvur

You will find more detail information about conference sites, how to get there and how to orientate inside below.
All maps, which will be refered to below, you can also find altogether under the item Maps (left column) in the PDF format - you can print out all of them without any problems

This monumental baroque palace is located in the very historical center of Prague, just below the Prague castle in the part of Prague called the Lesser Town (or the Little Quarter, Mala Strana in Czech), where you can find a beautiful coexistence of complexes of gothic, renaissance and baroque palaces, churches and gardens - see map Prague center - FQMT04 sites neighbourhood . The Wallenstein palace is nowadays the seat of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech republic. It is therefore only very exceptionally open for public events. These events must be approved by a commitee of the Senate. The FQMT04 conference is very lucky to receive the support from the Senate and the possibility to use a part of the Wallenstein palace for its activities.

Participants of FQMT 04 conference will have a really exceptional chance to spend two conference days in the Wallenstein palace. This could be an interesting experience for all participants since in this case FQMT04 participants will have a possibility to use not only the Main Hall of this palace but also related smaller baroque rooms. FQMT04 can enjoy the large baroque garden of the Wallenstein palace with its nice sala terrena for discussions during the day and for the Monday evening party. The guided tour through the whole huge baroque complex of the Wallenstein Palace will be an exceptional experience by itself since it is difficult to see all these places under the normal circumstances.

The registration on Monday morning (July 26) will take part in the Entrance hall of the Wallenstein Palace - ground floor, gate C2 accesible from the Fourth courtyard - see plan of the Ground floor below in the section Orientation inside

All lectures of the FQMT04 conference during Monday and Tuesday (July 26 and 27) will be held in the Main Hall (sometimes also called Hall of Knights) at the second floor of the Wallenstein palace. This hall has capacity about 150 people, and even if it has its original appearance from the beginning of 17th century, it has in the same time the top technical equipment for lecturing and it is air conditioned.

You can find more about the Wallenstein palace here .

How to get there:
The Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnsky palac in Czech) is situated in the part of Prague called the Lesser Town (or the Little Quarter, Mala Strana in Czech), - see map Prague center- CMD and FQMT04 conference sites included and more detailed map Prague center - FQMT04 sites neighbourhood
The entrance to the Wallenstein palace is from the Wallenstein square which you can reach within five minutes walk either from undeground station Malostranska or from tram station on the Lesser Town Square (Malostranske namesti) - see map Wallenstein Palace neighbourhood.

Orientation inside:
Entrance and registration: see plan Wallenstein Palace - Ground floor .
Scientific program will take place in the second floor: see plan Wallenstein Palace - Second floor .
Some other rooms will be available also in the third floor: see plan Wallenstein Palace - Third floor .

Masaryk Residence Halls are newly reconstructed buildings of the Czech Technical University which is partly used as a College and partly as a Conference centrum. It offers a wide selection of congressional services, see here.

Masaryk Residence Halls are situated in the residential area of Prague called Dejvice near the Prague castle - see map Prague center - FQMT04 sites neighbourhood . It is in the same time very near the historical centre of Prague and Prague international airport - about 15 minutes by car.

The registration on Sunday (July 25) will take part in the Entrance Hall of the Masaryk Residence Halls.
Welcome refreshment on Sunday will be held in the Lounge.

All lectures of the FQMT04 conference during Wednesday and Thursday (July 28 and 29) will be held in the Congress Hall of the Masaryk Residence Halls.

You can find more about Masaryk Residence Halls here .

How to get there:
Masaryk Residence Halls (Masarykova kolej in Czech) are located in the area of Prague called Dejvice near the Prague castle - see map Prague center- CMD and FQMT04 conference sites included and more detailed map Prague center - FQMT04 sites neighbourhood .
The entrance to the Masaryk Residence Halls is less then five minutes walk from undeground station Dejvicka or tram stops on Evropska bouleward - see map Masaryk Residence Halls neighbourhood . Some other information about how to get there you can find also here .

Orientation inside:
Entrance, registration, scientific program : see plan Masaryk Residence Halls

The restaurant is placed in the old renaissance building called Lion's Court according to its original purpose. Lion's court was bulit under Emperor Rudolf II between 1581 - 83 by Ulricho Avostalis in place of wooden court. Around the court stood a gallery where, in heated pens lions, leopards, a tiger and an orangutan and other wild animals were kept. Rudolf II took a special care of the lion Mohamed since according to keppler's horoscope, this LIon had the same star constellation as the Emperor himself. And, indeed, the Emperor died only a few days after the death of Muhamed, the lion. The predatory beats were kept there until the middle of the 18th century. At the end of the 18 century the place was changed to the tavern. Between 1967-72 this reneissance building was converted into a restaurant with a garden in place of a free range of the beasts.
You can see some photographs of the restaurant and read a little more about its history here .

How to get there:
The restaurant Lvi dvur is situated in the street U Prasneho mostu (At the Powder Bridge) just near the northern entrance to the Prague castle; you can reach it from the undeground station Hradcanska: either by about 10 minutes walk or by tram 22 from the stop Hradcanska (in the Badeniho street) to the stop Prazsky Hrad - see map Prague center - FQMT04 sites neighbourhood .