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The examples of the late Baroque architecture (with Rococo elements) in Prague are the Archbishop's Palace or the Goltz-Kinsky Palace on the Old Town Square. In the style of Baroque Classicism the New Royal Palace of the Prague Castle was rebuilt by the Viennese architect Nicolò Pacassi in the second half of the 18th century.
Kinský Palace (Czech: Palác Kinských, German: Palais Goltz-Kinsky) is a former palace and now an art museum in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located on the Old Town Square in the Old Town quarter of Prague. The palace's name refers to its former ownership by the Kinsky (Czech: Kinský) noble family.
The facade facing Old Town Square is the most beautiful from the whole house. Compared to the other facades it is much more sophisticated and can boast with intricate stone carvings. Western lancet windows are regularly arranged in three axes. It has Gothic tracery with trefoils and quatrefoils which end with nuns.
When the Jagiellonians moved the royal seat from the old town back to the castle in the 15th century, and especially when Emperor Rudolf II moved his residence from Vienna to Prague in the 16th century, the Lesser Town experienced a new boom. During this time, rich noble families built magnificent palaces on the Lesser Town Square. A Gothic ...
Prague Orloj is a medieval astronomical clock mounted on the Old Town Hall. The clock was first installed in 1410, making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the oldest one still in operation. The tower of the Old Town Hall is open to the public and offers panoramic views of the Old Town.
Exterior of Vladislav Hall of the Old Royal Palace, Prague. The Old Royal Palace (Czech: Starý královský palác) is part of the Prague Castle, Czech Republic. [1] Its history dates back to the 12th century and it is designed in the Gothic and Renaissance styles.
In 1338 the councillors of the Old Town bought a large patrician house from the Volflin family and adapted it for their purposes. Over the following centuries the original Town Hall building largely disappeared as a result of renovations and expansion of the building; one external remnant of the original structure still visible today is the Gothic stone portal with mouldings on the western ...
Prague Castle at night Charles Bridge Bridges of Prague St. Vitus Cathedral Old Town Square in Prague, Town Hall Tower and astronomical clock The astronomical clock Vltava River Týn Church – a view from east of Prague The Church of St. Nicolas The Jerusalem Synagogue, built in 1905 to 1906 by Wilhelm Stiassny, of Bratislava, is the largest Jewish place of worship in Prague.