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Old Town Square. Eliška Vavřinová 1.6.2014 C3B. Content. Main information Historical events Old Town Hall Prague Astronomical clock Church of St. Nicholas Tyn Church Jan Hus monument Famous houses Sources. Old Town Square. Main information. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Old Town Square
Eliška Vavřinová1.6.2014
C3B
Content
1. Main information2. Historical events3. Old Town Hall4. Prague Astronomical clock5. Church of St. Nicholas6. Tyn Church7. Jan Hus monument8. Famous houses 9. Sources
Old Town Square
Main information• located between Wenceslas Square and the Charles
Bridge• center of the Old Town• the historic core • Royal road passes through here• National Historic Landmark
Historical events
• wide marketplace• Jan Želivský – executed - Hussite movement• 1621 – 27 men - leader of the Czech uprising • 1902 – manifestation - general suffrage
Old Town Hall
• Prague uprising• astronomical clock • gothic style • circular windows • pointed arches
Prague astronomical clock
• the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world
• medieval astronomical clock (1410)
• the oldest one still working
Church of St. Nicholas
• baroque style• Kilián Dientzenhofer• Czechoslovak Hussite Church• frescos, organ
Tyn Church
• 14th century – 16th century• Prague's most
important churches • architecture and
interiors
Jan Hus monument
• secession bronze monument
• Ladislav Šaloun (1915)• the fiftieth anniversary
of Jan Hus burned at the stake
Famous houses
House at the Stone Bell Tyn School
Famous houses
Storch house House in Minutes
Sources
• http://www.praguecityline.cz/prazske-pamatky/historie-staromestskeho-namesti
• http://www.praguecityline.cz/prazske-pamatky/staromestsky-orloj-%E2%80%93-historie
• http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starom%C4%9Bstsk%C3%A9_n%C3%A1m%C4%9Bst%C3%AD