The Municipal House is defined by the massive mosaic titled Apotheosis of Prague that dominates the gable above its main entrance. Completed in nineteen twelve, this building occupies the site of the former Royal Court, where Bohemian…
Classical Music in Prague
Walk in the footsteps of Mozart, Smetana, and Dvořák through Prague's historic musical landmarks.
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1. Municipal house
2. The Estates Theatre
The Estates Theatre is recognized by its neoclassical facade rising over the Ovocný trh, or Fruit Market, in Prague’s Old Town. Completed in seventeen eighty-three by architect Anton Haffenecker, the building was commissioned by the…
3. Clam-Gallas Palace
The Clam-Gallas Palace is defined by the colossal, muscular statues that flank its portal, looming over the narrow streets of the Old Town. Built between seventeen fourteen and seventeen eighteen for the diplomat Count Jan Václav Gallas,…
4. The Mirror Chapel
The Mirror Chapel, tucked within the vast Klementinum complex, is instantly recognizable by the large, ornate mirrors set directly into its vaulted ceiling and walls. Built between seventeen twenty-two and seventeen twenty-six by the Latin…
5. Bedřich Smetana Museum
The Bedřich Smetana Museum occupies a neo-Renaissance building covered in intricate sgraffito decoration that depicts the defense of Prague against the Swedes in sixteen forty-eight. Standing at Novotného lávka near the Charles Bridge,…
6. Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum is defined by a balustrade along its roofline, which is crowded with stone statues of composers, sculptors, and artists like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. This Neo-Renaissance building sits on the banks of the Vltava River…