Classical Music in Prague

The Municipal House stands out for its curved facade, anchored by a massive mosaic titled Homage to Prague that sits just above the main entrance. This building occupies the site of the former Royal Court palace, where Bohemian kings lived…

The Estates Theatre features a neoclassical exterior painted in a pale, creamy yellow that distinguishes it from the surrounding medieval stone buildings. This is the only theater left in the world where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart once stood…

The Clam-Gallas Palace features a heavy rusticated stone facade dominated by colossal atlantes, the muscular, half-naked figures carved by Matthias Braun that appear to strain under the weight of the massive portals. Built in the seventeen…

The Mirror Chapel is recognizable by the heavy, ornate mirrors set directly into the gilded stucco of its walls and ceiling. Built in the mid-eighteenth century for the Franciscan order, it served as a private space for contemplation.…

The Bedřich Smetana Museum occupies a neo-Renaissance building on the bank of the Vltava River, identified by the sgraffito decoration covering its facade. It was once the city’s waterworks plant, built to supply the nearby Old Town. In…

The Rudolfinum features a roofline lined with dozens of stone statues of famous composers and artists. This Neo-Renaissance building opened in eighteen eighty-five as a multipurpose center for the arts, commissioned by a savings bank to…