TOUR OF PRAGUE / CZECH REPUBLIC: PRAGUE, ART DECO & ART NOUVEAU BUILDINGS IN PRAGUE 6 & 7

There is an area in Prague that is a treasure trove of early 20th century buildings with Art Nouveau and Art Deco facades or elements. These buildings are on almost every street in the area and on some streets, five or more such facades can be found.

They have not the grandiosity of the Municipal House or, Grand Hotel Evropa and Koruna Palace on Wenceslas Square. However, they are unmistakably and uniquely Art Nouveau or Art Deco elements (some seem to be a blend of both).

Where is this area of Prague that contains this cluster of such buildings? They are certainly not in any of the tourist destinations but not in the fringes of Prague. The area is in Prague districts 6 and 7, which are located across the Vltava and north/northwest of Old Town - falling within the working class suburb of Holešovice stretching west to the district of Bubeneč. Most of these buildings can be found in Holešovice and the stretch sandwiched between Letná park (Letenské sady) to the south and Stromovka Park (Královská obora) to the north. Here is the approximate location.

I must now confess that apart from a few buildings along the street Dukelských Hrdinů in Holešovice, I viewed not even one of the other buildings in the list below, which I have only just gotten to know about via Google street map searches. Thus, this post is going to be mostly addresses and location links.

Buildings which I believe are unique and aesthetic delights are marked with *, ** or *** in order of attractiveness. All subjective opinions of course.

We begin in Holešovice on the street Kostelní, along the entire main street Dukelských Hrdinů, and then westwards towards Bubeneč. The street names are followed by the building numbers.

In the vicinity of the Trade Fair Palace (Veletržní Palac) and Parkhotel Praha
Kostelní 22/363, 24/952 (these 2 are not Art Nouveau but have some elements on the facade)
* Kostelní 14/1103, 16/1104
* Františka Křížka 6/1132, 8/1133
Františka Křížka 10/1173
** Dukelských Hrdinů 6/969
(this would be one of the most attractive Art Nouveau facades in Prague had it a variety of colours)

Dukelských Hrdinů 8/968
* Dukelských Hrdinů 25/469, 27/470, 29/471
   Milady Horákové 13/451
* Dukelských Hrdinů 12/976, 14/975, 16/974
   Pplk. Sochora 25-27/727
* Dukelských Hrdinů 20/972 (combination of various styles including Art Nouveau)
   Dukelských Hrdinů 22/971
   Heřmanova 22/1169
Janovského 10/1116 - 12/1117
* Janovského 14/1118
* Veletržní 16/901
Janovského 36/919
** Janovského 51/912, Šimáčkova 24/911
* Šimáčkova 26/910
Janovského 52/995
   Dukelských Hrdinů 50/909

* Four adjacent buildings: Dukelských Hrdinů 40/902, 42/903, 44/904, 46/905

Westward of Parkhotel Praha along/from the main street Veletržní
* Umělecká 1/1003, (side faces Veletržní, and next to no.30)
* Veletržní 30/1002
Veletržní 51/842-Haškova 15

Haškova 16/839

   Haškova 4/1176
** Haškova 2/1175

(Detour to Milady Horákové 54/388 to view a simple Rondo-Cubist facade)

Kamenická 29/814 (south of Veletržní)
Heřmanova 34/594 (also faces Kamenická)
* Veletržní 59/828
Kamenická 43/305, 45/306
* Malířská 16/328
Malířská 4/291 (bird over entrance)
Veletržní 46/379
Sochařská 3/334, 5/335
* U Studánky 27/253 (bonus points for the entrance)
* U Studánky 26/326
   U Studánky 28/312-Sochařská, 12/312
Sochařská, 14/313, 16/343
Nad Královskou Oborou 1
** U Akademie 15/341 - Ovenecká 46/341
* Ovenecká 44/330
   Ovenecká 42/316
   Ovenecká 40/323
Ovenecká 32/315
   Ovenecká 30/363, 28/364
** U Studánky 32/332 (also faces Ovenecká)

U Studánky 30/349

At Letná Square (Letenské Náměstí) Head South
Ovenecká 19/381
** Ovenecká 17/1072 (in bad shape)
** Jirečkova 14/1019
* Jirečkova 16/1018
** Nad Štolou 6/1277, 8/1282 (looks like combined Art Deco, Cubist and Rondo Cubist)