The Town Hall was established in 1338 as the seat of the Old Town Self-Government. The oldest Gothic part of the complex is made up of a beautiful tower with a bay window and a unique astronomical clock, which shows 12 apostles every hour (9 am - 3 pm). The Eastern Neo-Gothic wing of the town hall was destroyed during the Prague Uprising on May 8, 1945 and was never renewed again. Visitors' circuit includes historic halls, tower and underground.
Beginning of the construction In 1338, the wish of the inhabitants of the Old Town of Prague was finally fulfilled, as their former Sovereign, Jan Lucemburský, granted them the right to build their own town hall. The most suitable place was the current Old Town Square. The cornerstone of the town hall was the Gothic corner house, which until that time belonged to the merchant Wolfin of Kamen. The house was built in the thirteenth century, therefore it is considered one of the most valuable parts of the building. A large prismatic tower was adjacent to the house, but it was not as high as the bourgeois would have imagined. In 1364 construction works began , leading to its increase. Twenty years later, the Gothic townhall chapel was set up in the tower. The architect, architect, sculptor and sculptor Petr Parler, a prominent German architect, was responsible for its construction. Of the major works of the architect is to be recalled, for example, the Charles Bridge , the Chapel of All Saints at Prague Castle , the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, the Chapel of St. Wenceslas Cathedral of St. Vitus, the Temple of St. Barbara in Kutna Hora and many other important buildings.
The tower of Old Town Hall undergoes a general overhaul. While the viewing gallery of the tower is already open to the public, this year the Prague Astronomical Clock is undergoing reconstruction. The repaired medieval machine returns to its place by the end of October 2018.
the development of the town hall continued with breaks until the 19th century. The greatest damage suffered this glory on May 8, 1945, the day before the end of World War II. The Nazis damaged the tower, the chapel and part of the astronomical clock, and the resulting fire destroyed the entire Neo-Gothic east and north wing of the town hall.
the City Hall of Town Hall is today only part of a former town hall, expanded, adapted and rebuilt for centuries. The Town Hall, as a symbol of the city's self-government, reclaimed the Old Town after King John of Luxembourg in 1338. When the Czech King Charles VI. he acquired an imperial crown in 1355, and Prague became the capital of the Roman Empire, and the town hall became more important. at that time also begins the centuries-long process of its centuries-old development.
the second house of the town hall - the house of the furrier Mikša - came to the property of the village in r.1458. The last one in the house is the U Kohouta, Gothic with empire facade, bought only in 1830. The Romanesque Hall has been preserved in the underground of the house, in the rooms on the first floor of the Renaissance columns and wall paintings.
