Wenceslas Square and New Town

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 Jindřišská Tower stands as a free-standing, copper-roofed belfry rising nearly two hundred feet above the New Town of Prague. Built in the late fourteen hundreds, it served to hold the massive bells of the nearby Church of Saint Henry,…

The Petschek Palace is a massive, granite-faced structure that occupies an entire block with a fortress-like intensity. During the nineteen thirties, the building served as the central office for the Petschek family banking empire. When…

The National Museum anchors the top of Wenceslas Square with a massive neo-Renaissance facade topped by a central dome. Its grand staircase and golden trim mark the heart of the city’s Czech national revival in the late nineteenth century.…

The bronze Saint Wenceslas sits atop his horse in the center of the square, his armor glinting beneath the weight of four patron saints gathered at the corners of the pedestal. Josef Myslbek spent over thirty years perfecting the…

The W Prague is set within the former Grand Hotel Evropa on Wenceslas Square, a building defined by its wild, exuberant Art Nouveau facade. Sculpted nymphs reach out from the stone balcony, and gilded geometric patterns crawl across every…

The Lucerna Palace features a sprawling glass-roofed arcade that cuts through the block between Vodickova and Stepanska streets. Built between nineteen oh seven and nineteen twenty-one, this reinforced concrete structure functioned as the…

The Franciscan Garden hides behind a high stone wall, recognizable by the narrow gated entrance that breaks the otherwise continuous line of buildings on the street. Inside, a sprawling public space sits where the Carmelite brothers kept…