Czech architect in the interwar period, author of a large number of projects in the spirit of neoclassical modernism. He also participated in the preservation of historic buildings.
Czech architects who designed in Brutalist style. They became famous for the design of Kotva Department Store and the Thermal hotel in Karlovy Vary.
Valuable historic cemetery complex located in Smíchov, Prague. Its Classicist, Romanticist and Neo-Gothic tombstones reflect the stylistic changes and the development of cemetery sculpture in the 18th and 19th centuries. It summarises valuable monuments of Czech figurative sculpture.
The functionalist building of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists and the water tower are a part of the characteristic panorama of the New Town river bank in Prague.
Reinforced concrete bridge with a relief of T. G. Masaryk and the symbol of the town of Kralupy. The only road bridge spanning the river Vltava in the town and its area.
The oldest railway station in Prague and the oldest still functioning terminal station in Europe, designed in Classicist style. An important monument of railway architecture.
Czech architect, builder and restorer of historical monuments, which he actively protected.
Renaissance chateau in the eponymous town in the South Moravian Region. It is one of the oldest examples of arcade chateaux in the Czech lands.
One of the most important buildings of modern architecture in Europe, built between the two world wars by architect Adolf Loos. It is also one of the most successful examples of original spatial solutions in architecture.
A representative Art Nouveau building that is used for cultural and social purposes. Independent Czechoslovak Republic was declared on 28 October 1918 in the Municipal House.
Unique Neo-Renaissance building designed by architect Josef Schulz. It is characterised by exceptional artistic decorations of the exterior and the interior, on which many foremost Czech artists worked.
A functionalist monument on top of Vítkov Hill in Prague. It is one of the dominant features of modern Prague architecture. It includes one of the largest bronze equestrian statues in the world.
The largest and most important museum institution in the Czech Republic, the oldest in Bohemia. Its seat is in the monumental Neo-Renaissance building at Wenceslas Square in Prague.
Historically the most important theatre in the Czech Republic. The main building of the National Theatre, built owing to numerous donations, became a symbol of cultural and political emancipation of the Czech people and is also an important architectural monument.
Original building created by expanding the original Stock Exchange building. A progressive and one of the most interesting examples of modernist architecture.
Monumental complex containing office buildings with a dominating constructivist tower, which became a symbol of the city of Ostrava.
Theatre building built in Brutalist style, with an original façade made from glass blocks, which confidently stepped into the historic environment and is still regarded as a controversial gesture. All the ensembles of the National Theatre perform there.
Czech architect, designer, editor and university teacher, whose most significant work is the building of the Mánes Association of Fine Artists in Prague.
Austrian architect, city planner and prominent university teacher who worked in Prague and influenced a whole generation of Czech architects.
The most significant artistic and architectural monument to Jewish burial culture on the territory of Prague. The cemetery complex is a unique collection of exceptionally valuable Renaissance tombstones. It is a part of the oldest Jewish urban settlement.
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