The Nostic Palace, a building of great architectural and historic significance, is one of the most important stately homes in Prague and a present and past centre of the city’s cultural and social life. The Nostic family assembled an extensive art collection, second only to that of the picture gallery of the Černín Palace, also in Prague…
DetailsThe NAMO project elaborated the historical working techniques of Nabaten mortars to propose appropriate restoration mortars for two reference objects, the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Bosra in Syria and Petra in Jordan. The NAMO project was funded under the FP5 program INCO 2 based on the Grant agreement ID: ICA3-CZ2002-10017.
DetailsWallenstein Palace in Prague is an extensive architectural complex built in the style of Early Baroque Italian urban residences. The eponymous palace was commissioned by Albrecht Wenceslas Eusebius von Wallenstein (1583–1634). This Czech general and politician was one of the most influential men of his time in Europe and featured significantly in the history of the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648)…
DetailsThe original Renaissance castle was built between 1585 and 1597 by the then owners of the Kynžvart estate, the squires of Cedvice. Apart from the original vaulting and its Venetian plastering, nothing of this building remains. After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, in which the owner of the castle Kryštof Jindřich of Cedvice stood on the loosing anti-Hapsburg side, the Castle Kynžvart was confiscated…
DetailsHistorie rezidence Lyons Demesne se píše od roku 1785, kdy Lord Nicholas Cloncurry objednal dublinského architekta Olivera Gracee, aby navrhl úpravu stávajícího domu na honosné panské sídlo. Původní sídlo bylo postaveno již v 17. století. Pro nové čtyřtraktové panství bylo užito šedé irské žuly.
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