Old Town Hall

The Old Town Hall (Staroměstská radnice) is a complex of five medieval buildings on Old Town Square, established in 1338 as the seat of Prague's Old Town administration — the first town hall ever built in Bohemia. Its 70-metre Gothic tower, completed in 1364, houses the Astronomical Clock (Orloj) and an observation deck with panoramic views over the Old Town, and is the only fully wheelchair-accessible medieval tower in Prague. The interior includes a 14th-century Gothic chapel, a council hall preserved in its 15th-century form, an Art Nouveau council chamber, and a Romanesque cellar from the 12th century that once served as a city dungeon. The eastern Neo-Gothic wing was destroyed during the Prague Uprising on 8 May 1945 and was never rebuilt — the gap in the building's footprint is still visible today.