Municipal house
Art Nouveau civic hall of gilded mosaics, built over a forgotten royal palace, where independence was proclaimed from the balcony.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Municipal House in Prague traces the site's forgotten past as a royal palace, army barracks and ruin before the current Art Nouveau civic hall rose in 1912. It follows painter Alfons Mucha's ceiling in the Lord Mayor's Hall, a vision of Slavic unity ringed by eight Czech heroes, painted years before its message would matter. Listen for the mosaic above the entrance and what waits on the balcony beneath it.
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