Prague Travel Guide - Prague monuments - New Town

Recommended accommodation in Prague's New Town

Monuments in the New Town you shouldn't miss out:

Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí)

The only one Prague boulevard with the National Museum and the Statue of St. Wenceslas – symbol of the Czech Nation on the top. Wenceslas Square is a business and leisure centre of the New Town with plenty of shops, bars, pubs, cafes and discos.

National Museum (Národní Muzeum)

The largest and oldest Czech museum founded in 1818 is housed in a monumental neo-renaissance building from the years 1885 - 1890 that dominates the Wenceslas Square. You can see the exhibitions as Primeval history of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia, Mineralogical and petrological collections, Zoological collections, Palaeontological collection, Anthropological collection.

National Theatre (Národní Divadlo)

A neo-renaissance building erected in 1868 - 1881 as a result of a vast national collection (architect J. Zitek). A fire destroyed much of the building in its first year of existence; it was reconstructed by architect Josef Schulz in 1883. The outside and inside decoration was completed by the artists of the National Theatre generation - M. Ales, F. Zenisek, V. Hynais, J. V. Myslbek, etc. The National Theatre is the outstanding Czech stage and its repertoire consists of drama, opera and ballet performances.

New Town Hall (Novoměstská radnice)

A gothic complex of buildings from the late 14^th and early 15^th centuries, rebuilt in the renaissance style in the 16^th century. It contains a tower with Our Lady Chapel, two gothic halls with ribbed vaults and a renaissance hall. During 1377 - 1784 the seat of the New Town authorities. In 1419, the scene of the defenestration of the Catholic aldermen by Prague Hussites which marked the begining of the Hussite revolution.