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The Ball Games Hall situated at the south end of the royal-palace gardens was designed by Bonifac Wohlmuth and Ulrico Aostalli de Salla and built between 1567 and 1569. As is apparent from its name, the building was intended for ball games which became very popular during the reign of Ferdinand I. in the 16th century. The […]
The Benedictine Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Jerome, also known as the Emmaus Monastery or Emauzy, was founded in 1346 by Charles IV, the King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor. The newly established religious centre was to be included in the system of five churches in the New Town of Prague […]
According to legend, the name of the monastery is derived from the beam that St. Vojtěch and Prince Boleslav II saw in the waters of the Brusnice stream when they decided to found the monastery in 993. It was the first male monastery in Bohemia and was dedicated to the Benedictine Order from its inception. […]
The majestic dining hall with grandiose murals and decorations is a typical example of a monastery summer refectory from the Baroque period. Built in 1691 as part of the reconstruction initiated by the abbot Vitus Seipel, the refectory was designed by the Burgundy architect Jean-Baptiste Mathey. The hall is two floors high, with the tall […]
Who would have guessed that this address would lead you to one of the most important and also most beautiful Baroque monuments in our country? Who would have guessed, moreover, that where the modest homestead of a country princess stood in the middle of the 17th century, a few years later a building of almost […]
Prague Culture Hub In 1902, the municipality of Vršovice donated a plot of land in the then “Městské sady” park (today, the Heroldovy sady park) to the local Sokol organisation. Three years later, the first ideas for the construction of the Vzlet (“Flight”) cinema appeared. The Sokol organisation decided to establish a cinema on the donated plot of […]
The Church of Sts. Simon and Jude is located to the North of the Old Town Square and close to the river. There are only a few churches in the Czech Republic consecrated to these two saints and in Prague, the only one is this baroque church on the corner of the Dušní and U […]
When Kryštof František of Mitrovice decided in the 1680s to have a hunting lodge built in Prague’s Royal Game Reserve near the Big Pond, his ambitions were high. The building was to be intended for the monarch himself, Emperor Leopold I. Kryštof František held the posts of Royal Viceroy, Privy Councillor (Geheimrat) and President of […]
Troja Chateau was built between 1679 and 1685 according to the designs of Jean Baptiste Mathey as a summerhouse of the noble family of Sterberks. The interior decorations were predominantly inspired by Ancient mythology. The garden staicase is decorated by statuary representing the war of gods with Titans from which derives the name of the […]
More than 600 years have passed since communion under both kinds was first taken in the Czech lands. It took place in 1414, in a small inconspicuous church dedicated to St. Martin, the patron of paupers and soldiers, but also travellers, hoteliers, winemakers and abstainers. The attribute “in the wall” has a prosaic explanation: the […]
The chapel, built between 1722 and 1726, was originally dedicated to the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The current epithet is of a later date and refers to the numerous mirrors that were donated by the imperial Lohri Foundation and used in decorating the walls and vaults. The ceremonial consecration of the chapel […]
Akademie Versailles 2024
The Prague Conservatoire will be hosted again in 2020 international masterclass Akademie Versailles 2020.
Situated in the heart of Prague, on the bank of the Vltava, the majestic building of the Rudolfinum was conceived as a multi-purpose seat of the Muses: a home to music, an art gallery and a conservatoire. The construction of the Rudolfinum, whose concept was unique at the time, was initiated by Böhmische Sparkasse (Česká […]
The convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia was founded by the king Wenceslas I. in 1233, on the incentive of his pious sister St. Agnes who had brought to Bohemia the order of St. Clare and became the convent’s first abbess. Although she had always been recognized as one of the key spiritual figures of the […]
The ABC Theatre is situated in the basement of the department store U Nováků built between 1901 and 1904. It was designed by a prominent Czech architect Osvald Polívka (1859–1931) and further extended between 1927 to 1929 to create a luxurious multifunctional complex with shops, offices, a café on the ground floor, and a theatre […]
The garden was created in the style of an Italian manneristic park, and as surviving letters by the sculptor Adrian de Vries show, Albrecht Wallenstein himself actively participated in its shaping through his proposals and comments. The Wallenstein Garden is divided into two geometrically distinct parts. In the larger part you can see the […]
The Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle is one of the most significant cultural sites in the Czech Republic. The only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Through the centuries, the Palace witnessed some of Bohemia’s most important historical events. The Lobkowicz Palace was built in the […]
The Divadlo na Vinohradech theatre is one of the main theatre companies operating in Prague. The building, belonging mostly to the Neo-Renaissance style with Art-nouveau elements, is located in the Prague Conservation Zone of Vinohrady, Žižkov and Vršovice, not far from the City Centre and the National Museum. The theatre was built between 1905 and […]
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Under reconstruction
The magnificent Spanish Hall is situated in the northern part of the New Royal Palace at the 2nd courtyard of the Prague Castle. It was designed by the Italian architect G. M. Filippi to store the sculptural collection of the art-loving emperor Rudolf II. and was built between 1602 and 1606. Today, the Spanish Hall […]
