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Old Town Hall in Prague BIG BIG In the footsteps of famous Many interesting and famous people have visited the Old Town Hall before you. Among them were such notable figures Old Town as Lech Walesa, Polish politician and dissident, later President of Poland; heir to the British Crown Prince Charles and Princess Diana; the famous French actress Annie Girardot; American actor Tom Cruise; Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, and many others. Hall in Prague We look forward to your visit! The Old Town Hall is open daily: Mon 11.00 – 18.00 Tue – Sun 9.00 – 18.00 The Town Hall Tower is open daily: Mon 11.00 – 22.00 Tue – Sun 9.00 – 22.00 Night Tours: Fri, Sat from 20.30 Special tours for children: Sun from 14.00 Astronomical Clock: daily 9.00 – 23.00 Text and photo © Prague City Tourism 2013 www.prague.eu BIG BIG BIG BIG Old Town Hall in Prague Old Town Hall – the symbol of city authority – is probably the most beautiful sight in Prague's historic centre. Its origins date back to the 14th century, when townhouses were gradually merged into one building, and it has often figured prominently in the history of Prague and the Czech state. View from the tower Apostles from the chapel George of Poděbrady was elected king of Bohemia here, and Jan Želivský, a radical Hussite leader, was executed in its Medieval underground Astronomical Clock courtyard. Later, after the Battle of White Mountain, participants Medieval Prague reveals itself to you through the doors Prague's Astronomical Clock, which displays the motion in the Estates Uprising were taken directly to the gallows from in the basement of the Old Town Hall. What did the interiors of the planets and the twelve apostles, is an intrinsic part the jail located in the Town Hall. Twenty-seven of them met of houses in Prague's Old Town, their wells and portals of the Old Town Hall. The Astronomical Clock was created in 1410 their ends in the Old Town Square. Even wartime had its effects look like during the 12th and 13th centuries? Where was and has been threatened several times with destruction or being on the Town Hall. During the Prague Uprising, at the end the Town Hall prison, in which Czech lords spent the last scrapped. In addition to the 12 Apostles, it features moving of the second World War, part of the town hall was burned hours of their lives as punishment for their participation figurines including the Skeleton, Vanity, the Miser and the Turk and the famous Astronomical Clock was heavily damaged. in the Estates Uprising? (a symbol of Lust). Everyone can also find their sign of the zodiac. Old Town Square and Old Town Hall Old Town Hall Underground Exterior detail of the astronomical clock From a bird's eye perspective The apostles up close Ceremonial Halls of the Old Town Hall Dominating the square is the 69.5-meter high tower. From there, No visitor to Prague wants to miss seeing the famous Even today, the Old Town Hall remains an integral part from a bird's eye perspective, you can enjoy an amazing view Astronomical Clock. But you can also see the apostles up close of the city centre. The Lord Mayor of Prague receives prominent of the entire city! From here you can take in broad Pařížská třída (Paris and personally – the wooden figurines and their typical attributes figures and special guests here. The most beautiful space is Avenue) with its interesting eclectic houses, the old Jewish town as created by sculptor Vojtěch Suchard, as well as part of the clock the Renaissance Old Council Hall with its painted coffered ceiling. with its synagogues and cemeteries, the majestic Prague Castle and mechanism and the interior of the beautiful Gothic chapel. Also of interest are other rooms decorated with monumental the Cathedral of St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert, as well paintings and sculptures. as the dozens of towers, turrets and domes and Prague's diverse architecture – it's truly the most beautiful view of the city. BIG BIG.
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