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The Old
Royal
Palace (Czech: Starý
královský
lác)
is
part
of
the Prague
Castle,
Czech
Republic. Its
history
dates
back
to
the
12th
century
and
it
is
designed
in
the
Gothic
and
Renaissance
styles.
Its Vladislav
Hall is
used
for
inaugurations,
being
the
most
important
representative
hall
in
the
country.
It
is
also
home
to
a
copy
of
the
Czech
crown.This
palace
was
the
seat
of
Bohemian
princes
and
kings
until
the
16th
century.
It
was
built
on
the
remains
of
the
Romanesque
Soběslav
Palace.
Most
notable
is
the
Gothic
Vladislav
Hall
–
the
largest
secular
space
of
medieval
Prague
(1487
–
1500,
Benedikt
Rejt)
with
remarkable
rib
vaulting,
used
today
as
the
venue
for
ceremonial
state
events.
In
the
first
half
of
the
14th
century,
the
king
and
emperor
Charles
IV
enlarged
the
Romanesque
building
and
so
a Gothic
palace
with
a vaulted
interior
for
state
purposes
and
a band
of
arcades
on
its
northern
side came
to
be.
During
the
reign
of
his
son
Wenceslas
IV,
two
perpendicular
wings
were
added
and
All
Saints'
Chapel
was
reconstructed.
The
palace
was
deserted
for
entire
eighty
years
of
the
stormy
15th
century.
After
1483,
the
king
Vladislav
Jagiello
returned
to
Prague
Castle
and
commenced
the
last
large-scale
reconstruction
of
the
palace.
The
magnificent
solemn
Vladislav
Hall
was
added
to
it
and
when
designing
it,
the
architect
Benedikt
Ried
combined
the
art
of
the
Late
Gothic
with
elements
of
the
newly
arriving
Renaissance
style.
The
perpendicular
palace
wing
named
after
Vladislav's
son
Ludvig
is
also
the
work
of
B.
Ried.
After
the
succession
of
the
Habsburgs
to
the
Bohemian
throne,
the
interiors
of
the
Old
Royal
Palace
were
used
for
coronation
festivities
and
diets
and
as
conference
rooms,
offices
and
depositories.
New
dwelling
quarters
were
built
to
the
west
of
the
palace,
in
the
southern
part
of
the
Castle
complex.
After
the
catastrophic
fire
which
occurred
in
1541,
the
Diet
and
All
Saints'
Church
were
rebuilt.
The
Theresian
Wing
originated
in
the
course
of
the
reconstruction
of
the
Castle
in
the
18th
century.
During
the
20th
century
it
has
been
subjected
to
several
reconstructions.
In
1993
it
was
adapted
for
exhibitions
of
creative
art.
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