Radvila Palace is a Late Renaissance palace in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania. Janusz Radziwiłł commissioned the present building, which was constructed from 1635 to 1653 to designs by Jonas Ullrich. A wooden mansion linked to Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł likely stood on the site in the 16th century.
The palace combines Netherlands Renaissance features with Mannerist decoration, and its symmetrical layout resembles the Château de Fontainebleau and the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. It fell into ruin after the Muscovite invasion of 1655 to 1660. World War I did more damage, leaving only the northern wing intact before restoration in the 1980s.
Today it houses a branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum, which has Old Master paintings.
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