Andreas Mayerhoffer designed the palace for the Hungarian aristocrat Antal Grassalkovich, who needed a residence in Pressburg, now Bratislava. It was finished in 1760, and the separate Chapel of St. Barbara was consecrated in 1769, with frescoes by Joseph von Pichler. The infobox calls the style Rococo, and the text calls it Late Baroque. The article gives no dimensions or materials.
A main staircase carries two putti and four Baroque sculptures. The first-floor Great Hall has stucco walls and tall mirrors, and the palace also has Green, Golden and oval Blue salons. A French garden lies behind it.
Emil Belluš adapted it for the presidency between 1939 and 1945. It became a youth house in 1950 and was restored after 1989. The Slovak president has lived there since September 30, 1996, and the former gardens are now a public park.
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