{"id":4217,"date":"2011-04-11T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T01:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2013-05-18T20:04:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T10:04:31","slug":"municipal-house-prague-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts","title":{"rendered":"Music in Prague at the Municipal House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For<strong> music in Prague<\/strong>, the concert halls of the<strong> Municipal House<\/strong> of Prague (<strong><em>Obecni D\u00fbm Praha<\/em><\/strong>) are some of Prague&#8217;s most impressive due to their superior acoustics.  Located in the centre of Prague, the art nouveau Municipal House is one of the city&#8217;s national cultural landmarks.<\/p>\n<h4>Municipal House<\/h4>\n<p>The Municipal House stands on land that was previously occupied by the King&#8217;s Court, the residence of King Wenceslas IV. It was built as a civic centre from 1905 and 1912.  The building itself is a mixture of several architectural styles and a range of decorative styles and materials were used. Its eyecatching facade includes many allegorical figures which were created by some of the leading artists of the time.<\/p>\n<p>The interior is just as decorative, with many outstanding features and artwork.\u00a0 There is a large art gallery in the Municipal House and its halls and lounges host hundreds of events each year, including conventions, social and cultural events, concerts, exhibitions and balls.\u00a0 And for refreshments, visitors have a choice of the the art nouveau cafe, a wine bar, a French restaurant, an American bar or the Pilsen restaurant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4233\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4233\" title=\"Municipal-House-Prague\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?resize=300%2C194\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?resize=300%2C194 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?w=561 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Municipal House Prague \u00a9 Travelsignposts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Municipal House can be visited by joining one of their many guided tours.  The tour route covers the Smetana Hall \u2013 Confectionery \u2013 Moravian Slovak Parlour \u2013 Bo\u017eena Nemcov\u00e1 Parlour \u2013 Oriental Parlour \u2013 Gr\u00e9gr Hall \u2013 Palack\u00fd Hall \u2013 Mayor\u2019s Hall \u2013 Riegr Hall \u2013 Sladkovsk\u00fd Hall \u2013 Wine Bar \u2013 and the American Bar.<\/p>\n<h4>The Smetana Hall<\/h4>\n<p>The <strong>Smetana Hall<\/strong> on the first floor is the most famous concert hall in the Municipal House, hosting a huge range of music events, from pop to the best of classical concerts.  It seats 1,200 guests and is the venue for Prague&#8217;s Spring festival, Summer concerts and Autumn festivals.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classictic.com?location=search&amp;lang=en&amp;country=Czech-Republic&amp;city=Prague&amp;date=0&amp;composer_id=0&amp;artist_id=0&amp;page=1&amp;venue=Municipal-House&amp;r=441&amp;partner=Travel-Signposts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">See what&#8217;s on at the Smetana Hall and you can also <strong>book your Prague concert tickets HERE<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>N\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed Republiky 5<br \/>\n111\u00a0 21 Prague 1 Old Town<br \/>\nPrague, Czech  Republic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For music in Prague, the concert halls of the Municipal House of Prague (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) are some of Prague&#8217;s most impressive due to their superior acoustics. Located in the centre of Prague, the art nouveau Municipal House is one of the city&#8217;s national cultural landmarks. Municipal House The Municipal House stands on land that [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2333,2329,2330,2332,2335,2334,2331],"class_list":["post-4217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classical-music-and-operas","tag-concerts-in-prague","tag-municipal-house","tag-music-in-prague","tag-obecni-dum-praha","tag-prague-czech-republic","tag-praha-concert-and-tickets","tag-smetana-hall"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Municipal House (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) | Smetana Hall | Concerts in Prague<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For music in Prague, the concert halls of the Municipal House of Prague (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) are some of Prague&#039;s most impressive.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Helen Page\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts\",\"name\":\"Municipal House (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) | Smetana Hall | Concerts in Prague\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-11T01:37:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-05-18T10:04:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/2b7dcded70f2aa245d7e022c5f58792b\"},\"description\":\"For music in Prague, the concert halls of the Municipal House of Prague (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) are some of Prague's most impressive.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363\",\"width\":\"561\",\"height\":\"363\",\"caption\":\"Municipal House Prague \u00a9 Travelsignposts\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"Travel Signposts Blog\",\"description\":\"Trip reports and latest additions to the Travel Signposts website\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/2b7dcded70f2aa245d7e022c5f58792b\",\"name\":\"Helen Page\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ac567b58adfe133b2a1bc9410835be51b468de4fecdfef3ff32467124bebc98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ac567b58adfe133b2a1bc9410835be51b468de4fecdfef3ff32467124bebc98?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Helen Page\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/author\/helen-page\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Municipal House (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) | Smetana Hall | Concerts in Prague","description":"For music in Prague, the concert halls of the Municipal House of Prague (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) are some of Prague's most impressive.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Helen Page","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts","url":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts","name":"Municipal House (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) | Smetana Hall | Concerts in Prague","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363","datePublished":"2011-04-11T01:37:10+00:00","dateModified":"2013-05-18T10:04:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/2b7dcded70f2aa245d7e022c5f58792b"},"description":"For music in Prague, the concert halls of the Municipal House of Prague (Obecni D\u00fbm Praha) are some of Prague's most impressive.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/classical-music-and-operas\/municipal-house-prague-concerts#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363","width":"561","height":"363","caption":"Municipal House Prague \u00a9 Travelsignposts"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/","name":"Travel Signposts Blog","description":"Trip reports and latest additions to the Travel Signposts website","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/2b7dcded70f2aa245d7e022c5f58792b","name":"Helen Page","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ac567b58adfe133b2a1bc9410835be51b468de4fecdfef3ff32467124bebc98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ac567b58adfe133b2a1bc9410835be51b468de4fecdfef3ff32467124bebc98?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Helen Page"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com"],"url":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/author\/helen-page"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Municipal-House-Prague.jpg?fit=561%2C363","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4540,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4217\/revisions\/4540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}