In the seventeenth century, there grew on the sloping hillside east of Karlovo náměstí (Charles Square) a vineyard where, in …
Church of Saint John Nepomuk on the Rock
Datum publikace:
13. 11. 2016
13. 11. 2016
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Vychovatelna and Rokoska
Entering the city limits, drivers approaching Prague from the north encounter a dramatic sight. Dominating the high ridge to their …
Datum publikace:
6. 11. 2016
6. 11. 2016
Karlova Koruna
The village of Chlumec, fifty miles east of Prague, came into the possession of the noble family of Kinský at …
Datum publikace:
30. 10. 2016
30. 10. 2016
Girl with a Dove
On its plain white pedestal, the graceful ‘Dívka s holubicí’ (Girl with a Dove) by sculptor Jiří Kryštůfek is a …
Datum publikace:
23. 10. 2016
23. 10. 2016
Business Academy
The Business Academy of Prague, founded in the district of Karlín in 1909, was obliged to move to larger premises …
Datum publikace:
25. 9. 2016
25. 9. 2016
Memorial to Josef and Karel Čapek
Prague is a city full of stories of artificial human beings, from the Golem, a mud-man devised by the 16th …
Datum publikace:
18. 9. 2016
18. 9. 2016
Šupich building
The completion in 1891 of the new museum at the top of Wenceslas Square was the crowning achievement of the …
Datum publikace:
11. 9. 2016
11. 9. 2016
Statue of Libuše and Přemysl
In the peaceful grounds of the ancient fort of Vyšehrad stand four monumental statues by Josef Myslbek depicting characters from …
Datum publikace:
28. 8. 2016
28. 8. 2016
Expo 58 Pavilion
On the eastern slopes of Letná hill, overlooking the Vltava, this unusual modernist structure looks as if it has been …
Datum publikace:
14. 8. 2016
14. 8. 2016
Church of the Holy Trinity
One of the earliest baroque buildings in Bohemia, the church of the Holy Trinity at Zahořany near Křešice was built …
Datum publikace:
11. 10. 2015
11. 10. 2015
Church of Saint Stephen
The 14th-century church of Saint Stephen was one of two ecclesiastical foundations built specifically to serve the parish of Charles …
Datum publikace:
4. 10. 2015
4. 10. 2015
Pavilion Hall at Mšené-Lázně
The mineral springs of the north Bohemian village of Mšené-Lázně have enjoyed a long reputation, in particular for their effective …
Datum publikace:
14. 9. 2015
14. 9. 2015
Veltrusy Chateau
Situated on the banks of the river Vltava about twenty miles north of Prague, the chateau of Veltrusy was commissioned …
Datum publikace:
10. 5. 2015
10. 5. 2015
Sokol building, Vinohrady
Thirty years before the foundation of the modern Olympic movement, the German-born art historian Miroslav Tyrš revived the ancient ideal …
Datum publikace:
27. 4. 2015
27. 4. 2015
Větrná ulička
Houses with exposed timber frames (fachwerk) are a rare sight in the Czech Republic, but in towns where German influence …
Datum publikace:
12. 4. 2015
12. 4. 2015
Colloredo-Mansfeld Palace
Between 1736 and 1737 the original renaissance palace by Giovanni Battista Alliprandi was rebuilt in the high baroque style for …
Datum publikace:
8. 3. 2015
8. 3. 2015
Bethlehem Chapel in Žižkov
Six hundred years ago, in 1414, the practice of administering communion ‘in both kinds’ (i.e. with consecrated bread and wine …
Datum publikace:
22. 2. 2015
22. 2. 2015
Church of St Procopius
Josef Mocker and František Mikš were at the forefront of the Gothic revival in the Czech lands. The former was …
Datum publikace:
8. 2. 2015
8. 2. 2015
Havlíčkovo náměstí
Karel Havlíček Borovský (1821 to 1856) was a free-thinking writer and journalist whose liberal views were strongly influential in the …
Datum publikace:
26. 1. 2015
26. 1. 2015
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