Ten centuries of European architecture & heritage
The Estates Theatre (Stavovské Divadlo) was designed and built between 1781 and 1783 by the architect Anton Hoffenecker. Count František Antonin Nostitz-Rieneck, who commissioned it, was one of the leading proponents of Bohemian independence in...
A relief depicting Cecilia, patron saint of music, seated at a chamber organ, appears on the southwest-facing wall of this house in Žižkov.
Saint George raises a triumphant sword from the third storey of this neo-renaissance mansion on fashionable Paris Street. The house was constructed in 1905 to 1906, to a plan by the architect Jiří Justich, by...
A highly ornamented doorway on one of Prague’s busiest shopping streets at the west end of Wenceslas Square. The name of the street (’28 October’), commemorates the founding of the newly independent state of Czechoslovakia...
The former Municipal Insurance Building in the Old Town Square. Designed in the neo-baroque style by the architect Osvald Polívka and constructed between 1899 and 1909, the building is now home to the Ministry for...
A richly decorative neo-renaissance frieze adorns the facade of these Vinohrady apartments. The building, dating from 1903, is by the architect Gustav Papež. The rhyming motto reads ‘Kdo zde bude přebývati, ruč mu Pán Bůh...
One of two adjacent neo-renaissance properties with handsome double loggia balconies on Vinohradská. The street, and district, are named after the royal vineyards (Královské Vinohrady) which covered this part of Prague from the 14th century...
An exquisite example of an entrance doorway with neo-baroque detailing from the fashionable residential area of Vinohrady.
The neo-renaissance ‘National House’ was built in 1894 to a plan by the great Vinohrady architect Antonín Turek, who was also responsible for the nearby market hall and water tower. Although the Czech nation would...
