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Old Town Hall
"The floor is original." The highlight of the day was definitely the tour around Prague's Old Town Hall. "Ceiling original." In spite of the old tour guide who sounded just as animated as the London tube's female announcer, I actually found the whole place very interesting indeed. "This way please."
The Old Town Hall consists of four houses. (The fifth was bombed during World War II and never rebuilt. A plaque dedicated to those who lost their lives in the war now stands at the site.) These houses were obtained by the Old Town Hall over the years as Prague got bigger and wealthier. As a result, the Old Town Hall resembles a layered cake of different flavours.
Basement rooms consist of medieval farmhouses which used to be at ground level before the ground of modern-day Prague was raised to prevent flooding. Ground floor rooms consist of Gothic houses once owned by merchants and nobles of the town. First floor rooms on the other hand, are lavishly decorated in the stately style of the Baroque period. In a similar fashion to that of St. Vitus' Cathedral, the Old Town Hall sports a neo-Classical facade enclosing its varied interior.
Views from its tower
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