The Episcopal Summer Palace stands at Námestie slobody 1 in Bratislava. The archbishops of Esztergom moved to Trnava after the Ottomans occupied Esztergom in 1543, and the first summer residence here was probably built around 1614. From 1642 to 1666 Archbishop György Lippay converted the garden into a Renaissance garden and built a new residence.
From 1761 to 1765 Archbishop Ferenc Barkóczy had Franz Anton Hillebrandt convert the Lippay building into a large Baroque palace. It was given Rococo decoration, a Rococo fence and a yard of honor. In the nineteenth century the palace became a military hospital, and the architect Emil Belluš renovated it in 1940 and 1941, adding two wings.
Most of the garden statues have been lost. The palace now houses the Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic, and the public can visit only on one Doors Open Days event a year.
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