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Prague New Town: Art Nouveau and Elegant Cafés Walking Audio Tour by VoiceMap

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Prague New Town: Art Nouveau and Elegant Cafés Walking Audio Tour by VoiceMap
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Prague New Town: Art Nouveau and Elegant Cafés Walking Audio Tour by VoiceMap

This tour will take you around the New Town treasures. We start on Wenceslas Square - a square of not only revolution, but bursting with culture and hidden gems. From the square, we will disappear into a network of passageways and take a shortcut through the garden to National Avenue. There you'll discover how the Velvet Revolution started and take in a range of architectural styles such as Art Nouveau, Functionalism, Decorativism, Neo-renaissance and Post Modernism - all in one avenue!
This is a tour of culture, history, memories and excellent cafés with spirit. Prague is one of the most entrancing and timeless cities of Europe. The tour will show you a different, personal and unique view through the eyes of a passionate local.
The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

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Pass By: Koruna Palace, Vaclavske namesti 846/1, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Koruna means crown in Czech. Its a great representation of geometric Art Nouveau by the Viennese architect Pfeifer. The Czech Republic was still part of the Austrian Empire when this building was officially opened in 1914.

Pass By: Palac Lucerna, StEpanska 61, Prague 116 02 Czech Republic

This is the most famous cultural house in the country. Its called Lucerna, meaning Lantern. It was designed by the grandfather of Vaclav Havel.

Pass By: Adria Palace, Jungmannova 31, Prague Czech Republic

The Palac Adria is another example of the style known as national decorativism. When Le Corbusier was teaching in the Mozarteum across the road, he often would comment on the bad taste of Czech buildings, and the tendency to over-decorate them.



Duration:30 minutes
Commences in:Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Country:Czechia
City:Hlavní město Praha

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