Thursday, August 28, 2008

day 24 - august 28th (municipal house)


the municipal house is gorgeous and intricate. each of its main rooms upstairs was designed/decorated by a famous czech artist, so each has a very different feel. i'll just put the pictures. the elevator:


the main hall, Smetana Hall:











a side salon for the ladies
check out that coffee maker







the woodworking was exquisite



these 3 panels ended up being very controversial


so we got this, from the same artist, for the ceiling

i loved the next room





the alfons mucha room was amazing.



yes, that's a heating vent.


this felt like the smoking room to me


one room was left unfinished when they ran out of money

a secondary concert hall which used to be the wine cellar, back down underground
well, mostly underground; it had half-windows to ground level
the other thing downstairs is the american bar, the first in the east, and where i got a "free" drink with my tour admission.

where even the hallways are amazingly intricate

worth visiting in person.