The Summer Archbishop's Palace or Summer Archiepiscopal Palace (Slovak: Letný arcibiskupský palác, Hungarian: érseki nyári palota) is a palace in Bratislava which houses the government of Slovakia (the Slovak Republic Government Office). The restored palace with its English garden is inaccessible to the public.
The palace was originally in the 17th century a Renaissance summer seat for the archbishops of Esztergom (since Esztergom had been occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1543, the archbishops were based in Bratislava). The baroque sculptor Georg Rafael Donner had a studio in the palace garden for almost 10 years.
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