{"id":25433,"date":"2024-03-24T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=25433"},"modified":"2024-03-23T08:58:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T07:58:41","slug":"old-town-hall-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/czech-republic\/prague\/old-town-hall-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower ascent and tour of the Old Town Hall in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every visitor to Prague knows the Old Town Hall – but often only from the outside with a view of the impressive astronomical clock<\/a>. Anyone who goes inside the town hall will be surprised at what there is to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The history of the Old Town Hall (Starom\u011bstsk\u00e1 radnice) dates back to 1338. In that year, King John of Bohemia allowed the citizens of Prague to build a town hall in the Old Town. The construction had to be financed from the wine tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The imposing town hall tower was completed in 1364 and has been rebuilt and renovated several times to this day. It was soon realized that the building was not big enough and so an extension was built on the west side of the building, which housed the meeting room. In 1381 the chapel in the town hall tower was completed and in 1410 the town hall clock began to tell the time for the people of Prague. From 1838, the eastern wing of the town hall was built in neo-Gothic style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n