The Pasáž Černá růže is a shopping passage defined by its glass-concrete vaulted ceiling and multi-level galleries. It links the busy Na Příkopě boulevard with Panská Street, hidden within a building complex that dates back to the eighteen…
New Town Historic Passages
This walk leads you through the network of early 20th-century glass arcades and pedestrian passages tucked behind the busy facades of Prague's New Town. You will navigate secret cinemas, quiet gardens, and hanging art, seeing how locals stay connected beneath the city streets.
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1. Pasáž Černá růže
2. Koruna Palace
Koruna Palace stands at the lower end of Wenceslas Square, defined by a tiara-like crown that rises from the corner of its tower. Completed in nineteen fourteen, this late Art Nouveau structure was commissioned by a life insurance company,…
3. Palác Adria
Palác Adria stands out for its massive, rounded forms and red-and-white facade, a distinct style from the nineteen twenties known as Rondocubism. Built between nineteen twenty-three and nineteen twenty-four for the Italian insurance…
4. Pasáž Světozor
Pasáž Světozor is a functionalist arcade cutting through the Ligna Palace, a building originally constructed as the Czech Bank between nineteen fourteen and nineteen eighteen. While the palace itself features a facade by Josef Sakař, the…
5. Franciscan Gardens
The Franciscan Garden is a walled, rectangular courtyard defined by a quiet geometric layout of rose-covered trellises and trimmed hedges, hidden behind the dense urban blocks of Prague’s New Town. At its center stands a small,…
6. Lucerna Palace
Lucerna Palace is marked by the ornate, flowing stonework of its Art Nouveau exterior and a glass-roofed pedestrian passage that serves as a shortcut between Štěpánská and Vodičkova streets. Built between nineteen oh seven and nineteen…
7. Palác Rokoko s.r.o.
The Palác Rokoko is a six-story building defined by its rounded corner that marks the intersection of Václavské náměstí and Štěpánská Street. Built between nineteen twelve and nineteen sixteen, it replaced a seventeenth-century baroque…