Prague Map and planner Guide Routes ENRU

The twentieth century

Cubism, functionalism, a Loos villa and a television tower: a century of arguments in buildings.

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House of the Black Madonna
Photograph: VitVit / CC BY-SA 4.0

Day 1

Starts from Můstek (Wenceslas Square) · 5h 10m at the sights, 1h 17m travelling · 12 km

Areas: Staré Město, Nové Město, Střešovice, Holešovice

  1. House of the Black Madonna — The only cubist department store in the world, with a cubist cafe upstairs (50m)
  2. Lucerna Palace — An arcade of 1920s glass and marble, with a horse hanging upside down (40m)
  3. Dancing House — Gehry and Milunic's curved pair on the embankment (25m)
  4. Villa Müller — Adolf Loos's 1930 house, an argument about space made in concrete (1h 15m)
  5. Trade Fair Palace — Functionalist hall holding the national modern art collection (2h)