Cihelná 102/2
A fine example of an 18th century doorway in the Lesser Quarter, Malá Strana. Cihelná (Brickyard Street) takes its name from the building adjacent to number 102. Formerly a tannery and knacker’s yard, it was...
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Malostranské náměstí 37/23: Kaiserstein palace
The palace was built for Franz Helfried, Baron of Kaiserstein, whose coat-of-arms appears above the window. Originally a renaissance building dating from 1630, it was substantially restyled in 1714 by the Italian architect Giovanni Battista...
Táborská 317/65
The Czechoslovak Hussite Church was established in 1920, taking as its guiding principle the teachings of the 15th century reformer Jan Hus. The symbol of the chalice denotes his belief that the eucharist should be...
Sezimova 402/11
An extremely fine local example of art nouveau, with the inscription ‘A.D. 1905’. The house, by the architect Antonín Fric, is to be found in the southern district of Nusle.
Táborská 500/30: Nusle Town Hall
The neo-renaissance Nusle Town Hall by Antonín Turek (1908) still houses the offices of the district of Prague 4. Its splendid arcaded balcony, facade and clock are all typical of the decorative fervour of that...
Malostranské náměstí 4/27: Memorial to Ernest Denis
‘Ernest Denis, French-born Slavic scholar and historian, lived in Prague from 1872-1874’. As the pre-eminent French expert in Czech history, Nîmes-born Ernest Denis was one of the key supporters of the First Republic (1918-1938). He...
Malostranské náměstí 203/14: The Black Eagle
A chemist’s has stood in this spot since 1488, Also known as U kocoura (The Cat) after the pub which once shared its premises, the pharmacy U černého orla (The Black Eagle) is a prominent...
Italská 1219/2: Hlavovka
Built by Otakar Bureš to a design by Josef Pospíšil, this neo-baroque palace of 1903 is nowadays a bank. But at one time it was the home of the celebrated ‘Hlavovka’ cafe, a favourite hanut...
Zborovská 1204/10
Where these apartments now stand, there was once open ground, sloping down to the river from the nearby house built by the baroque architect Kilián Ignac Dientzenhofer. Later there came a church, and finally in...
Staroměstské náměstí 606/12: Golz-Kinský Palace
The Golz-Kinský Palace in the Old Town Square, nowadays part of the National Gallery, is a superb example of late baroque style. In its courtyard Hermann Kafka had his haberdasher’s shop, and the palace housed...
