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Heritages
PALAC GOLTZ-KINSKYCH — Baroque Palace
This is an example of a Late-Baroque Classicism style. Palace was built in 1755-65 by Anselmo Lurago by an older project of K.I. Dientzenhofer, beautiful statues in the attic are a masterpiece by F. Platzer. Seat of graphic collections from the National Gallery.
PALAC PANU Z HRADCE — Renaissance Palace
Constructed in 1464, during Jáchym from Hradec's times. Side wings added in 1586-89 when possessed by Adam from Hradec, remained in basically the same shape to the present. Minor changes perormed in 1678 and 1846-7. It belongs to Italian Embassy areal today.
PALAC PANU Z KUNSTATU A PODEBRAD — Romanic Palace
This Romanic Palace to the Lords of Kunštát and Poděbrady used to be a Romanic estate from the second half of the 12th century. It was a seat to the land governor, future czech king Jiří of Poděbrady.
PALAC SMIRICKYCH (U MONTAGU) — Former Renaissance Palace
It gradually evolved from the connection of two buildings. The first building was purchased by Jan From Smiřice in 1573 and connected with the second building after 1603. Core of its Renaissance frontispiece with corner bastions has been preserved from the same time.…
PETRIN VIEW TOWER (Petřínská rozhledna) — Lookout Tower
The iron tower, 60 metres high, was built by F. Prášil from the Czech Toursits Club's motion as a part of Anniversary Exhibition in 1891. It was conceived as a loose copy of the Eiffel Tower and it is cca 5 times smaller than its french preimage. Its glass-covered…
PINKAS SYNAGOGUE [Pinkasova synagoga] — Part of Jewish Museum in Prague
This Synagoge was formerly constructed in a house to Horovic (Hořovský) family as a private chapel. Rebuilt in 1525 by Aron Mešullam Horovic, the Late-Gothic net-ribbed vault in hall comes from this time. J. Goldsmid de Herz added the Southern wing and a gallery for…
PLANETARIUM — Planetarium
It opened on November 20th 1960 and nineteen years later was separated from PKOJF and became one of the centres of the Observatory and Planetarium of Prague. An extensive reconstruction was performed and the reconstructed astronomical hall (now COSMORAMA hall) was…
PORTHEIMKA (BUQUOYKA) — Baroque Summer Palace
K.I. Dientzenhofer built this Baroque summer palace for himself in 1725-28 on a place of the former vineyards and fields, paintings decor by V.V. Reiner. F. Buquoy acquired this summer palace in 1758 and aggrandized its former garden. F. Delorme, a factoryowner,…
PRASNA BRANA — Gothic Gate
The new tower gate, a representative city entrance, was established here in 1475, on the place of a former old town's fortification from the 13th century. Its construction was halted in 1484 and it served as a gunpowder storage in the 17th century, still unfinished.…
PRAZSKY HRAD — Residence To the Czech Kings
Extensive complex of castle palaces and church estates of complicated constructional and historical development. Slavonic castle site was located here already in the 9th century. First Premyslids (Bořivoj, Vratislav I., Václav) established here several church estates.…
