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Residence 7 Angels Praha - Apartment

Residence 7 Angels

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Residence Seven Angels Praha, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is private residence originally from the year 1411. Is located in the exclusive location of the Old Town on the pedestrian zone only few steps from the Charles Bridge and Old Town Square. The house with restaurant, summer terasa in atrium and privat boutique hotel has recently passed extensive reconctruction.

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Hotel Elysee Praha

Hotel Elysee

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Hotel Elysee is one of the luxurious Prague hotels situated in the heart of Prague – directly on Wenceslas Square, provides its customers with a contact with the historical and business centre of the city. National Museum, Old Town Square or the State Opera (Praha Statni opera) are all close by. All three underground lines have stops in the immediate vicinity of this luxurious hotel in Prague.

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Aparthotel GEO Praha - Double room

Aparthotel GEO

Prague close to center → Vinohrady, Prague 3 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Aparthotel GEO, Prague 3 - Vinohrady is situated conveniently in the city center in a quiet area near a metro station, just 15 minutes walk from Wenceslave Square.  The hotel has 33 rooms for 1-4 persons and 5 apartments, some of them equipped with kitchen. Satellite TV, direct dial phone, radio, minibar and a comfortable bathroom with a toilet are in the all apartments.  In the price is breakfast – buffet included. Safe park place for your car is possible.

 

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Karlova Prague Apartments Praha - 1-bedroom apartment

Karlova Prague Apartments

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Karlova Prague Apartments represent an ideal solution for where to stay in Prague during your holidays. By providing you with the most comfortable, high quality, very nice and cosy accommodation in Prague with family atmosphere, we will help you to make your trip unforgettable. Apartments with very pleasant rates, are cosy, tasty fully furnished and make you feel yourself at home during your stay in Prague, offering you a lot of space and privacy. Lovely Apartments in a historical house right by the original "Royal Route", it means 200 metres from Charles Bridge (Praha Karluv Most), one of the most beautiful bridge in the world - bridge with view on Prague Castle (Prazky hrad) and Old Town Prague (Stare Mesto Praha).

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Pension Pushkin Apartments Praha - Apt. č. 1

Pension Pushkin Apartments

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Apartments Pushkin - excellent location in the historic centre of Prague in one of the charming little streets of the Old Town (Stare Mesto), on the way from the Charles Bridge to the Old Town Square. Due to the location of the apartment in the city center so you can visit famous sights such as Prague’s Old Town Square - Astronomical Clock, Wenceslas Square, Prague Castle and many others.

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IRON GATE Praha - Suite Royal

IRON GATE

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Prague Hotel Iron Gate, from the category of 5 star luxury Prague hotels, is located in the 14th century building which was carefully renovated with all modern upscale facilities and comfort, while retaining its original works of art, charm and ambiance. Located in the heart of Prague Old Town (Stare mesto Praha), offers excellet Prague accommodation in a picturesque, cobbled side street just steps from the famous Astronomical Clock in the Old Town Square (Staromestke namesti Praha).

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Ritchie`s Hostel & Hotel Praha

Ritchie`s Hostel & Hotel

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Hotel & Hostel Ritchie's, from category cheap Prague accommodation, is situated in the centre of Prague, at no. 9 and 13 Karlova street, less than 300m from the Charles Bridge in direction of Prague's historic Old Town Square.

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Hotel Melantrich Praha

Hotel Melantrich

Prague centre → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

The popular Prague hotel Melantrich is located in the real centre of Prague. The reception of the hotel from the category garni Prague hotels is situated in the first floor of the renovated historical three storeyed building.  Its location is just on the „golden tourist way", that goes from the Wenceslas Square (Praha Vaclavske namesti) to the Old Town Square (Praha Staromeske namesti) through the historical part of the city.

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Hotel Jalta Praha

Hotel Jalta

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Hotel Jalta, 4-star hotel on Wenceslas Square, Prague offers the ultimate in stylish accommodation, combining modern interior design, four star deluxe comfort and world class cuisine which, together, create a glamorous yet tranquil environment. Hotel Jalta is the hotel of choice for travellers who are looking for something a little bit different.

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Hostel Homer Praha

Hostel Homer

Prague center → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Prague Hostel Homer is ideally located in the city centre,walking distance to all major attractions, and interesting spots of Prague: 150 meters from Old Town Square, 4 min walking from Charles Bridge, surrounded by cafés, restaurants, bars, clubs, pubs and great shops.

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GREEN GARDEN HOTEL Praha

GREEN GARDEN HOTEL

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 2 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Hotel Green Garden Praha, from category 4 star Prague hotels, is just a stone throw from the vibrant heart of Prague City. All the City’s major attractions are within a short walk of the Green Garden Hotel. National Museum, Wenceslas Square, the main Prague Boulevard with its many shops, famous restaurants, cafés, traditional pubs, wine bars, and much more is just 10 minutes away.

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Hotel Clementin Prague Old Town Praha

Hotel Clementin Prague Old Town

Prague centre → Old Town, Prague 1 • 0.8 mi ( 1.2 km ) from Dancing House

Hotel Clementin Prague Old Town, from the category 4 star romantic Prague hotels, is situated in the heart of the historical centre of Prague, between famous Charles Bridge and Old Town Square. Rarity of this Prague hotel is the minimum width of the house (3.28 m), making it the narrowest preserved house in Prague.

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Dancing House (Tančící dům)

The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům) or Fred and Ginger is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building in Prague, Czech Republic, at Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín's riverbank). It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.

The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time because the house stands out among the Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous and in the opinion of some it does not accord well with these architectural styles. The then Czech president, Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had avidly supported this project, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.

Gehry originally named the house Fred and Ginger (after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers – the house resembles a pair of dancers) but this nickname is now rarely used; moreover, Gehry himself was later "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague", and thus discarded his own idea.

Origin

The “Dancing House” is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of a house destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945. The plot and structure lay decrepit until 1960 when the area was cleared. The neighbouring plot was co-owned by the family of Václav Havel who spent most of his life there. As early as 1986 (during the Communist era) V. Milunić, then a respected architect in the Czechoslovak milieu, conceived an idea for a project at the place and discussed it with his neighbour, the then little-known dissident Václav Havel. A few years later, during the Velvet Revolution Havel became a popular leader and was subsequently elected president of Czechoslovakia. Thanks to his authority the idea to develop the site grew.[citation needed] Havel eventually decided to have Milunić survey the site, hoping for it to become a cultural center, although this was not the result.

The Dutch insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden (since 1991 ING Bank) agreed to sponsor the building of a house on site. The “super bank” chose Milunić as the lead designer and asked him to partner with another world-renowned architect to approach the process. The French architect Jean Nouvel turned down the idea because of the small square footage, but the well-known Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry accepted the invitation. Because of the bank's excellent financial state at the time, it was able to offer almost unlimited funding for the project. From their first meeting in 1992 in Geneva, Gehry and Milunić began to elaborate Milunić's original idea of a building consisting of two parts, static and dynamic ("yin and yang"), which were to symbolize the transition of Czechoslovakia (Czechia) from a communist regime to a parliamentary democracy.

Structure

The style is known as deconstructivist (“new-baroque” to the designers) architecture due to its unusual shape. The “dancing” shape is supported by 99 concrete panels, each a different shape and dimension. On the top of the building is a large twisted structure of metal nicknamed Medusa.

“In the interior of a square of buildings in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the Dancing House has two central bodies. The first is a tower of glass that is close to half height and is supported by curved pillars, the second runs parallel to the river, which is characterized by the moldings that follow a wavy motion and distributed through the windows so the non-aligned.[clarification needed] This solution has been driven mainly by a kind of aesthetic consideration: the windows lined evidenciarían that the building has two windows, although they have the same height as the two adjacent buildings of the nineteenth century.[clarification needed] They also do not have to be perceived in the will of the designer, as simple forms on a flat surface, but must achieve the effect of three-dimensionality, hence the idea of frames as outgoing frames of paintings. Also the winding moldings on the facade make it more confusing perspective, diminishing the contrast with the buildings that surround it."

Awards

The general shape of the building is now featured on a gold 2,000 Czech koruna coin issued by the Czech National Bank. The coin completes a series called “Ten Centuries of Architecture”.

t:source: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tančící_dům

Landmarks near Dancing House

  • Alpský dvůr
    160 yd ( 150 m ) from Dancing House
  • Kostel sv. Václava na Zderaze
    170 yd ( 150 m ) from Dancing House
  • Jiráskův most a okolí
    210 yd ( 190 m ) from Dancing House
  • Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral
    240 yd ( 220 m ) from Dancing House
  • Public transport station Palackého náměstí
    340 yd ( 310 m ) from Dancing House
  • Zítkovy sady
    360 yd ( 330 m ) from Dancing House
  • Palackého most a okolí
    360 yd ( 330 m ) from Dancing House
  • Metro station Karlovo náměstí
    360 yd ( 330 m ) from Dancing House
  • Public transport station Moráň
    380 yd ( 350 m ) from Dancing House
  • Public transport station Karlovo náměstí
    390 yd ( 360 m ) from Dancing House
  • České vysoké učení technické na Karlově náměstí
    400 yd ( 370 m ) from Dancing House
  • Divadlo bez opony
    410 yd ( 380 m ) from Dancing House
  • Central Parking Prague
    430 yd ( 390 m ) from Dancing House
  • Public transport station Dětský ostrov
    430 yd ( 400 m ) from Dancing House
  • Public transport station Myslíkova
    440 yd ( 400 m ) from Dancing House
  • Faustův dům
    440 yd ( 400 m ) from Dancing House
  • Palác Žofín
    460 yd ( 420 m ) from Dancing House
  • Charles Square
    460 yd ( 420 m ) from Dancing House
  • Emauzy
    500 yd ( 450 m ) from Dancing House
  • Kostel sv. Jana Na Skalce
    510 yd ( 460 m ) from Dancing House

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