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MADAME MONSIEUR – Prag European City of the Culture 2000
The Prague Castle
CZ -119 06 Praha
www.hrad.cz
10th - 23rd September
Prague Castle is unique. It is a monument to the history and culture of Bohemia and Central Europe, an architectural jewel, a symbol of Czech statehood, and, understandably, an object of national pride and respect. It is unique particularly because it has been the seat of government in the country for a thousand years and continues to be the seat of the Head of State.
Prague Castle is open to millions of visitors and tourists, and represents a dynamic and prestigious centre with a tremendous range of styles, always with an eye to the highest standard of quality and providing truly unique spaces for exhibitions and performances.
The old Royal Palace of the Castle of Prague, built in the course of four different historical epochs is a building, the lower part of which overlooks the southern Castle gardens. The Palace together with St. Guy's Cathedral and the basilica of St. George forms the heart of the complex of buildings, which constitute the Castle, and thrones high above the district of Hradcany. The oldest sections of the old Palace are built in Romanesque style with a succession of buildings added on top of these from the Gothic period to the present day.
Underneath the Gothic storey, the first basement of the contemporary palace, are segments of the ancient wall unearthed in the course of archaeological excavations. Opening into the courtyard are three of the ten arcades built under Charles IV as a northern extension to the quite narrow palaces.
The Prague Castle Administration offers numerous guided tours of these historic buildings and organises a great range of cultural events. It presents concerts of the highest quality ranging through the spectrum of classical music, jazz, rock and avant-garde music performances, theatre and dance, puppet and theatre-circus performances. The Prague Castle Administration however gives preference to those projects which reflect in some way the architectural qualities of the Palace drawing inspiration from the emotional potential of the exhibition spaces.
The parcours of MADAME MONSIEUR explored the Gothic chapels and that part of the Castle redesigned by Charles IV in the Middle Ages to serve as the reception room of the imperial residence.
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