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character in 20th-century Czech the Baro que original. In the 19th
literature. The staff dress in period century, the villa and garden fell
costume from World War I, the into decay. The garden statues
era of this novel. If you receive and vases, from the workshop
something you didn’t order, of Matthias Braun, date from
return it immediately to avoid about 1735. They are original
having to pay for it. but heavily restored, as is the
interior of the palace. The
ceiling and walls of the large
o Dvořák Museum room on the first floor are
Muzeum Antonína Dvořáka decorated with 18th-century
frescoes by Jan Ferdinand Schor.
Ke Karlovu 20. Map 6 D2. Tel 22 49 18
013. X IP Pavlova. v 4, 10, 22. @ 291.
Open 10am–1:30pm & 2–5pm Tue– p Church of
Sun and for concerts. & ^ =
∑ nm.cz St Stephen
Kostel Sv. Štěpána
One of the most enchanting Štěpánská. Map 5 C2. Tel 221 990
The octagonal, Gothic-style steeple of the secular buildings of the Prague 200. v 4, 10, 16, 22. Open only for
Church of St Catherine Baroque now houses the services. 5 11am Sun. ^
Antonín Dvořák Museum. On
u Church of display are Dvořák scores and Founded by Charles IV in 1351
St Catherine editions of his works, plus photos as the parish church of the
Kostel Sv. Kateřiny and memorabilia of the 19th- upper New Town, St Stephen’s
century Czech composer, includ- was finished in 1401 with the
Kateřinská 30. Map 5 C3. v 4, 10, ing his piano, viola and desk. completion of the multi-spired
16, 22. Open only for services. The building is by the great steeple. In the late 1600s, the
5 10am Sun.
Baroque architect Kilian Ignaz Branberg Chapel was built on
St Catherine’s stands in the Dientzenhofer (see p129). Just to the north side of the church.
garden of a former convent, two storeys high with an It contains the tomb of the
founded in 1354 by Charles IV elegant tiered mansard roof, the prolific Baroque sculptor
to commemorate his victory at house was completed in 1720 Matthias Braun.
the 1332 Battle of San Felice in for the Michnas of Vacínov and Most of the subsequent
Italy. In 1420, during the Hussite was originally known as the Baroque additions were
revolution (see pp28–9), the Michna Summer Palace. It later removed when the church
convent was demolished, but in became known as Villa Amerika, was scrupulously re-Gothicized
the 16th century, it was rebuilt after a nearby inn called in the 1870s by Josef Mocker.
by Kilian Ignáz Dientzenhofer as Amerika. Between the two There are several fine Baroque
an Augustinian monastery. The pavilions flanking the house is a paintings, however, including
monastery closed in 1787. Since fine iron gateway, a replica of The Baptism of Christ by Karel
1822, it has been used as a
hospital. In 1737 a new Baroque
church was built, but the slender
steeple of the old Gothic church
was retained. Its octagonal shape
has gained it the nickname of
“the Prague minaret”.
i Chalice
Restaurant
Restaurace U Kalicha
Na bojišti 12–14. Map 6 D3. Tel 224
912 557. X IP Pavlova. v 4, 6, 10, 16,
22. Open 11am–11pm daily (book
ahead). 7 ∑ ukalicha.cz
This Pilsner Urquell beer hall
owes its fame to the novel
The Good Soldier Švejk by
Jaroslav Hašek. It was Švejk’s
favourite drinking place and
the establishment trades on the
popularity of the best-known Baroque façade of Villa Amerika, home of the Dvořák Museum

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