Architectural styles - Prague
Examples of architectural styles
1000 years of development presented Prague with the most beautiful historical monuments of all
architectural styles:
Romanesque style ... 9 - 13 century
Basilica of St. George (Prague Castle) Rotunda of St. Longin (Na Rybnicku) St. Adalbert's,
Hybernian, Wilsonova* basement of No. 222 in Retezova street
Gothic style ... 13 - 16 century
Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia (U Milosrdnych) * Old-New Synagogue (Cervena street) * Charles
Bridge with the bridge towers * St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas´ and St. Vojtech´s Cathedral - eastern part
(Prague Castle) * Powder Tower (Na Prikope) * Church of Our Lady before Tyn (Staromestske
nam.)
Renaissance ... 16 - 17 century
Queen Anna Summerhouse (Marianske hradby) * windows of the Vladislav Hall (Prague Castle, Old
Royal Palace) * Ball-Game Hall in the Royal Garden (Prague Castle) * Schwarzenberg Palace
(Hradcanske nam. 2) * the House U Minuty (Staromestske nam. 2)
Baroque ... 17 - 18 century
Wallenstein Palace (Valdstejnske nam.) * St. Nicholas Church (Malostranske nam.) * Loreta
(Loretanske nam.) * St. James Church (Mala Stupartska) * Troja Castle (U Trojskeho zamku)
Rococo ... 18 century
Kinsky Palace (Staromestske nam. 12) * Sylva-Taroucca Palace (Na Prikope 10)
Classicism and Empire style ... end of 18 century
Estates Theatre (Ovocny trh) * front of the Slovansky House (Na Prikope 22) * Church of the Holy
Cross (Na Prikope 16) *Hybernian Palace (nam. Republiky)
Historicism ... second half of 19 and 20 century
St. Peter and Paul Church (Vysehrad) * St. Ludmila Church (nam. Miru) * National Theatre (Narodni
trida 2) * National Museum (Vaclavske nam. 68) * Rudolfinum (nam. Jana Palacha)
Art-Nouveau style ... about 1890 - 1920
Municipal House (nam. Republiky 5) * Evropa Hotel (Vaclavske nam. 25) * Pariz Hotel (U Obecniho
domu 1)* Main Railway Station - the old building (Wilsonova)* Topic House (Narodni tr. 9) *
Industrial Palace (Vystaviste - Exhibition grounds)
Cubism ... about 1910 - 1920
Black Madonna House (Celetna 34) * Adria Palace (Narodni tr./Jungmannovo nam.) * CSOB bank
building (Na Porici 24) * residental building in Neklanova street 30 * triplex house on Rasinovo
nabrezi near Vysehradsky tunnel
Functionalism ... about 1910 - 1940
Barrandov Terraces * Trade Fair Palace (Dukelskych hrdinu 47) * Bila labut department store (Na
Porici 23) * Alfa and Blanik Palaces (Vaclavske nam. 28 a 56)