The Episcopal Summer Palace (Slovak: Letný arcibiskupský palác, Hungarian: érseki nyári palota) is the former residence of the Archbishop of Esztergom.

After the Turks captured Buda in 1541, Pozsony (German: Pressburg or Preßburg) (since 1918 Bratislava) became the capital city of Hungary.

In spite of Hungary being decimated by the Turks, the nobility started to emulate the foreign custom of building summer palaces in the countryside.

The land for the Summer Archbishop's Palace, just behind the second ring of city defences, was at that time considered to be countryside.

Between 1761 and 1765, Barkóczy had Austrian architect F. A. Hillebrandt convert the old Lippay building into a large baroque palace.

After the breakup of Czechoslovakia the newly created Slovak State was in need of administrative and office buildings in the capital city to house the government and ministries.

Summer Archbishop's Palace was chosen to house the Ministry of foreign affairs and a whole government district was supposed to be constructed in the vicinity, this plan however did not materialise.

Today, the restored palace with its English garden houses the government of Slovakia (see External links).