Židovská radnice by Karel Stolar - Prague, Czech Republic - Paintings Then and Now on Waymarking.com

his old Jewish Town Hall ranks among the few monuments of Prague-Josefov which have survived the extensive demolitions related to the sanation programs of the Prague´s Jewish ghetto leading to improvement of standard of living and hygienic conditions of the community.

Construction of synagogues was the most important to Jews because they were very religious. They did not take care for the construction of the town halls and similar administrative facilities because the major part of their lives took place in the synagogues just like the administration of the whole community or for instance education.

After the poor history the Jews started to prosper during the rule period of Rudolph II when Prague was the centre of the intellectuals, scientists and other interesting personalities who markedly contributed to the town´s prosperity.

Mordechai Maisel became one of the richest men who was at last lending his financial means to the entire imperial court . Due to him many Jewish monuments were built such as Maisel Town Hall or the Renaissance High Syangogue which also used to be called „Radnicní“ (Town Hall´s) because it was part of the Jewish Town Hall.

The already mentioned Maisel Town Hall was built by a noted architect Panacius Roder at the end of the 16th century. The new Late Baroque remodelling of the Town Hall was carried out by to the architect Josef Schlesinger in 1763. The architect Matej Blecha extended the building later, namely in 1908, by adding the south wing.



The author of this painting is Karel Stolar. Karel Stolar is the book illustrator who is dedicated to creating drawings sights. You can find this painting in book 'Pražské domy vyprávejí IV.'
This book is one of a twelve-part series of books describing structural changes and the development of cultural-historical monuments of Prague (houses, villas and palaces, library, banks, school, museum, hospital, farm, etc.).

Website of painting. Exact URL of painting is required: [Web Link] Artist: Karel Stolař Date of Your Photograph: 02/05/2017 Medium of Painting: pen and ink Date of Painting: Not listed

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