Stone Bell House — Attraction in Prague

The first documented mention of the house comes from the year 1363, when it belonged to the burgher Henslin Pesold of Cheb. In the following years, the different owners alternated here. Today's house is the rest of a larger object dating back to the mid-14th century and was probably the temporary residence of Eliška Přemyslovna and Jan Lucemburský after their arrival in Prague. The residence reached the location of today's house at the Black Elephant at the corner of Týnská Street and partly at the Golz-Kinsky Palace. The house was rebuilt in the 15th-19th century. During these years, the Gothic palace shape was practically lost. The house inderwent extensive regotization between 1975 and 1987. During this reconstruction the Gothic facade was uncovered and restored instead of the Baroque one.

První doložená zmínka o domu pochází z roku 1363, kdy patřil měšťanovi Henslinu Pesoldovi z Chebu. V následujících letech dům střídal vlastníky, a to jak bohaté měšťany, tak drobné šlechtice. Dnešní dům je zbytkem větší residence z doby před polovinou 14. století a pravděpodobně sloužil jako dočasné obydlí Elišky Přemyslovny a Jana Lucemburského po jejich přistěhování do Prahy. Residence dosahovala až k místu dnešního domu U Černého slona na rohu Týnské ulice a Týnské uličky a částečně také na místě Paláce Golz-Kinských. Dům byl přestavován v 15.–19. století. Během těchto let se prakticky vytratila gotická podoba paláce. V letech 1975–1987 proběhla rozsáhlá regotizace. Při této rekonstrukci byla odkryta a obnovena gotická fasáda místo...

The House at the Stone Bell (Dům U Kamenného zvonu) is another building that is simply a treat to photograph. Built in the 14th century, the facade of this former Gothic Palace was considered one of the most beautiful ones in Europe. The house was subsequently rebuilt into a Baroque residence after it supposedly housed the Royal Elizabeth I of Bohemia and her son Charles IV. In the 1980s, the house underwent extensive restoration in the Gothic Revival style and features towering narrow pointed arched windows and a facade of pale stone. The eponymous stone bell is still found on the house corner. Legend says that the bell fell from Týn Church and was then placed on the corner of the Gothic structure in 1413. Today, the two restored Gothic chapels inside now serve as branches of the Prague City Gallery and as...

Visited for an exhibition titled “Sounds / Codes / Images – Audio Experimentation in the Visual Arts”. (July 2019)

The building and the interiors are beautiful; the aforementioned exhibition might be interesting for music/modern art geeks — as a music enthusiast myself, I found parts of the exhibition a little boring and some parts were interesting and worth while. IMHO, it’s not a “must see” exhibition — so if you’re on a hurry or a budget, you might pass on it. Future exhibitions to be hold in this building could be more...