News in front of Black Madonna, Prague, CZ
Posted by: ToRo61
N 50° 05.231 E 014° 25.535
33U E 458908 N 5548482
Selling newspapers at the historical site.
Waymark Code: WMAK3Q
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/23/2011
Views: 149
The House of the Black Madonna is a cubist building in the "Old Town" area of Prague, Czech republic. It was designed by Josef Gocár. It is currently in use as a small museum of Cubism and is open to the public.
The House of the Black Mother (U Cerné Matky Boží), sometimes referred to as Black Mother of the Lord, was designed and built between 1911 and 1912 on the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh. Josef Gocár built this house as the first example of cubist architecture in Prague and it remains probably the most celebrated. Even without historical details of the baroque building surrounding it, the House at the Black Madonna maintains the atmosphere of the neighborhood. The house was given its name by the stone sculpture that originally adorned one of the two Baroque buildings on the same lot. After many years altered use in the interwar period and under communist rule, the house was closed in January 2002 and re-opened after extensive restoration in November 2003.
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