Ten centuries of European architecture & heritage
Antonín Turek (1861 – 1916) was one of the leading exponents of neo-renaissance architecture in Prague. In 1899 he was appointed the principal civil engineer for the Vinohrady district, many of whose finest public buildings – notably the water tower, market hall and National House – were designed by him.
The distinctive russet-coloured Vinohradská tržnice (Vinohrady market hall) was constructed on the site of a former machine factory in 1902, one of several new covered marketplaces built at that time to serve Prague’s rapidly expanding...
This neo-renaissance secondary school in Prague 2 was constructed by Josef Franzl from a plan by the great Prague architect Antonin Turek, who was also responsible for the beautiful Vinohrady water tower and numerous other...
Giuseppe Rangheri was born in Gora, on the shores of Lake Como, and came to Prague in the late 1700s when there was already a thriving silk market. He set up his original mulberry plantation...
The Vinohradská Vodárna (Vinohrady Water Tower) is a handsome neo-renaissance turret dating from 1882. Its designer was Antonín Turek, a local architect responsible for many noteworthy public buildings, including the National House of Vinohrady and...
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...
