Connection:
- Metro stop "Staroměstská" (green line A) > street Kaprova > Staroměstské náměstí > Stone Bell House
- Tram stop "Staroměstská" (routes 17, 18, 53) > street Kaprova > Staroměstské náměstí > Stone Bell House
- Bus stop "Staroměstská" (route 207) > street Kaprova > Staroměstské náměstí > Stone Bell House
- Metro stop "Můstek" (green line A, yellow line B) > street Na Můstku > street Melantrichova > Staroměstské náměstí > Stone Bell House Navigation:
- GPS: 50.087768, 14.42183 (50°5'15.97"N, 14°25'18.57"E)
GHMP:

  The Gallery of the City of Prague founded in 1963 is the second most important institution for art after the National Gallery in Prague. It is responsible for collecting, preserving and displaying Czech art from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. At the same time it is responsible for restoration and erection of monuments, sculptures, memorial tablets and fountains in public places in Prague.
History:
  One of the many objects of the Gallery of the City of Prague is the Stone Bell House, where was probably born Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia.

The house dates back to the second half of the 13th century. The evidence for this oldest stage of construction can be found in the cellar areas. A chapel was constructed sometime around the year 1310 featuring rich figuration and ornamental painted decoration, fragments of which have been preserved to this day.

  Fundamental modifications to the building were undertaken during the second quarter of the 14th century. It was at this time that a grand town palace was built, a unique and well-preserved example of this type of architecture in Prague. The western façade was richly adorned with Gothic architectural elements and rounded off with notable figural sculpture. The iconographical programme celebrated the image of royalty and the monarchy. Fragments of sculptures discovered during the reconstruction of the building feature the enthroned figures of the king and queen, as well as two guards with sword and shield. Spacious halls were created on the floors of the tower quoin, decorated with Gothic portals with lobes, and a three-piece sedilia. A new sacral area was also created on the first floor, vaulted with quadripartite vaults that featured ornamental keys, all adorned in polychromy and gold plating. In the year 1417 the building sign was preserved on the quoin facing into Týnská Street. The interior was further enriched with painted wooden ceilings in the Renaissance in the 16th century. The fundamental Baroque conversion of the building was then carried out after the year 1685. The façade of the building was modified during the 18th century and access balconies placed around the courtyard.


  The final stage in the structural development of the building took place during the 1970s. Gothic façades facing into Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí) were uncovered, as were a number of architectural elements in the interior and the remains of sculpted and painted decoration. Redevelopment work was completed in 1988 and the building was assigned as the Gallery of the City of Prague. It is here that the most prominent short-term exhibitions are held. Access to exclusive concert hall at the Stone Bell House is possible to the audience of the "Festival Brikcius" concerts.
Concert hall:

Box office:
- The festival box office is open cca 90 minutes (from 6.00pm) before the concert starts (7.30pm) at the venue (entry hall of the Stone Bell House).
- Given the limited number of seats we strongly recommend early booking! More details here.

Festival tip: The Stone Bell House is located in the very centre of Prague in the Old Town Square.