The house of the Black Madonna of Prague in the city in the Czech Republic

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This building at Celetná no. 34 was designed by Josef Gočár between 1911 and 1912 as a multifunctional building with shops on the ground floor and offices, flats and the legendary Orient coffee house with its cubist furniture on the floors above. It is a real architectural masterpiece with huge Cubist windows and facades broken into multiple planes in order to create an unusual interplay of light and shade. Behind a grille on the first floor is the statue of the Madonna which gives the building its name. Upstairs is a beautiful and stylish café. Inside the building you can see a permanent exhibition on Czech Cubism, which is unique to Bohemia although Cubist painting is common in Europe.

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Size: 3448px × 4592px
Location: Prague, Czech Republic, Europe
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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