{"id":50926,"date":"2025-07-14T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/?p=50926"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:03:07","slug":"neogot-rekonstrukcio-a-hradzsinban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meonline.hu\/en\/aktualis\/tema\/neogot-rekonstrukcio-a-hradzsinban\/","title":{"rendered":"Neo-Gothic Reconstruction in Hrad\u017ein"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Old Prague New Monastery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Architect: V\u00e1clav Hlava\u010dek<\/strong>
\nText: Gy\u00f6rgy Szeg\u0151<\/strong>
\nPhotos: Tom\u00e1\u0161 Slavik<\/strong><\/p>\n

Designed by the world-famous Slovenian architect Joze Ple\u010dnik, the reconstruction of the Hrad\u017ein in the 1920s was intended to represent the newborn state. This role as a symbol of national identity was maintained after World War II, and the new Second Czech Republic paid particular attention to the renovation of these building parts. But the structure, which was originally intended to function as the provost’s residence and only served as a backdrop, was lost: it was confiscated in the 1950s and thus has remained largely abandoned ever since. During the decades of the socialist system, its courtyard and outbuildings badly deteriorated and were even destroyed, and the main building was used as a workers’ hostel. In 2016, the New Priesthood returned to the Church under the Restitution Act. At the heart of the reconstruction is the opening of the inner courtyard to the wider public. From here you have a unique panoramic view of the lower Deer Ditch; the other courtyards along the northern castle wall are closed to the public. Two new extensions have been built in this courtyard on the site of former outbuildings. The extensions are austere and at the same time fortress-like, but simultaneously they have been given a welcoming touristic character by the design of the glass fa\u00e7ades, contrasting with the original, which retains its neo-Gothic image.<\/p>\n

General planning: Studio Acht<\/strong>
\nLead architect: V\u00e1clav Hlav\u00e1\u010dek<\/strong>
\nArchitects: Mikul\u00e1\u0161 Wittlich, Pavel Jakoubek<\/strong>
\nFellow architects: Barbora Jan\u016f, Anna Halaburtov\u00e1, Luk\u00e1\u0161 Dejdar<\/strong>
\nStructure: Jan Zima<\/strong>
\nMain contractor: ARCHAT<\/strong>
\nClient: St. Vitus Metropolitan Chapter House, Prague<\/strong><\/p>\n

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