History
The history of the Old Town Hall began in 1338, when King John of Luxembourg granted Prague’s Old Town the right to establish its own administrative centre. The original basis for the town hall became the gothic house of the wealthy merchant Wolflin of Kamen, for whom a stately tower was built in 1364. The Old Town Hall is...
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The astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square is one of Prague’s greatest attractions. According to legends, it was constructed by Master Hanuš. He was blinded by order of the town council so that he could not create such a masterpiece elsewhere. The story says an apprentice accompanied Master Hanuš, who was...
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History
The Petřín Lookout Tower was directly inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built by the Czech Tourist Club, which had attended the Exposition Universelle in 1889 in Paris and decided to construct a similar tower in Prague. On 16 March 1891 work began in accordance with plans by the engineers František...
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History
Essentially, the tower at the western end of the bridge comprises two towers of different appearance, origin and size. The smaller of the towers was erected in the Romanesque style. It was part of the Judith Bridge (which was Prague’s first stone bridge built in the first half of the 12th century) but it is actually older. The...
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The stone Šítka tower was built in 1588–91 after a fire which destroyed the original wooden tower. After attacks from the Swedish it was then being repaired until 1651, and distributed water to New Town fountains for 200 years.
Šítka watermills (named after the temporary owner Jan Šítka in the 1st...
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The history of the Clementinum in the Old Town in Prague is closely linked to astronomy and mathematics. An observatory in a 52 metre high tower was built by an unknown architect.
From 1750 various astronomical and climatic measurings have been performed here and the Clementinum can therefore boast the oldest uninterrupted meteorological records...
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This high-gothic tower from the workshop of the distinguished master builder Petr Parléř is one of the most beautiful examples of gothic architecture in Europe. The foundations of the sandstone tower were laid together with the foundations of the Charles Bridge, and its construction was completed in 1380. It is conceived as a...
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