Johann Nepomuk Gobert d'Aspremont-Lynden is nowadays best known for giving his name to the
Aspremont Summer Palace in
Bratislava,
Slovakia. He bought the land in 1769 and in 1770 ordered the construction of the palace and a garden (today
Medical Garden) based on designs by the architect Johann Joseph Thaler. The palace was built in a
Baroque classicist style and it is one of the few remaining palaces in the immediate vicinity of
Old Town, Bratislava. It is unclear what exactly motivated Gobert d'Aspremont-Lynden to purchase the plot in
Pressburg and build a palace there. At the time, he lived with his family between Vienna and his estate in
Lednické Rovne. Although closer to Vienna, Pressburg (Bratislava) is situated between those two locations. The ownership of the palace changed hands several times in the late 19th century before it was transferred to the Faculty of Medicine of the
Comenius University. The palace has always housed the offices of the Faculty's dean. Despite carrying different names over its lifetime — after other owners such as the
Esterházy family — the palace is nowadays most commonly referred to as the Aspremont Summer Palace. ==References==