Prague districts with locals: Municipal House with Blanka Matragi, a world-known fashion designer @blanka_matragi_designer.
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🏛 Building of the Municipal House
The building is of the Art Nouveau architecture style.
There are a lot of wonderful halls for different civil purposes (now used for presentations, weddings, fashion shows etc): Smetana Hall, confectionery, Moravian Slovak Parlour, Božena Němcová Parlour, Oriental Parlour, Grégr Hall, Palacký Hall, Mayor’s Hall, Rieger Hall and Sladkovský Hall.
Interiors of the Municipal House were decorated by leading artists and sculptors such as Alfons Mucha, Jan Preisler, Ladislav Šaloun, and others.
The beautiful Smetana hall is used as a concert venue and a ballroom. It has been the main hall of the Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK. The Smetana Hall is a regular venue of the most important concerts of the Prague Spring.
On the ground floor of the Municipal House you may visit a cafe, a bar and two restaurants.
@obecnidum
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💎 Blanka Matragi exhibition
The exhibition represents Blanka’s design and creation: beautiful dresses borrowed from royal families of the Persian Gulf, Haute Couture models, documents mapping behind the scenes of each model, glass sculptures, porcelain and other design objects.
Once a month, you can visit a guided tour of the exhibition held by Blanka Matragi herself.
@blanka_matragi_exhibition
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🥂🍽 French restaurant
It’s Blanka’s favorite restaurant with unique atmosphere: high-quality cuisine, jazz and piano music and the exquisite Art Nouveau decor.
Airy elegant hall with big windows, beautiful frescoes, fresh flowers, gold and crystal chandeliers. The menu includes a perfect selection of meat, fish and vegetarian dishes, as well as exquisite desserts. Enjoy!
@francouzska_rest_artnouveau
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