The only purely Renaissance building in Prague is considered to be the Royal Summer Palace. Located in the Royal Garden and had it built by King Ferdinand I. of love to his wife Anna.
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Royal
Summer Palace in the Royal gardens of the Prague castle as seen on
private tour of Prague architecture by www.robsarchitour.com
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| The Ball Game court in the Royal gardens of the Prague castle as seen on private guided tour, of Prague architecture by www.robsarchitour.com |
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| A Renaissance Sgrafito decorated hunting lodge in the Prague
castle as seen on private guided tour,
of Prague architecture by www.robsarchitour.com |
This Royal Summer Palace is even said that it is the only purely Renaissance building north of the Alps.
What made space for renaissance in Prague,was a fire in 1541 that swept through the Lesser town bellow the castle.
This fire opened up space for the aristocracy who started building Renaissance style palaces with an emphasis on the horizontal). Perhaps the most articulate building of its kind in Prague Schwarzenberg Palace in Hradcany Square.
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The Schwarzenberg Palace at the Prague kastle with
its Sgraffito facade decor, as seen on private guided tour, of Prague architecture by
www.robsarchitour.com
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But, during the Renaissance period in Prague, there was an influx of nobility as Prague gradually became the imperial seat of the Hapsburg empire as Rudolf II. gradually moved his headquarters to Prague because Vienna - the traditional seat of the Habsburgs - was threatened by the Turks.
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