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Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception at the Residence of the Mayor of Prague
All participants are invited by the Mayor of Prague, associated professor Bohuslav Svoboda MD., Ph.D., to attend a special Welcome Reception on Thursday the 20th of October 2011 in the evening from 19.00 – 21.00 hrs. at the Mayor’s Residence, Mariánské náměstí 98/1, Praha (Metro green line Staromestska station). However, there is only space available for 250 participants, and therefore participants are invited to collect an invitation card at the registration / information desk in case they are indeed going to attend the reception. Those invitation cards are available on the first come first served basis.
As with other constitutional representatives, the Mayor of Prague has his own residence at his disposal. In keeping with previous mayors, the current mayor doesn’t use the premises for living in, but they are used for representative functions.
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The Mayor’s residence is located in the Municipal Library building on Mariánské Square where it occupies about one fifth of the whole building. It is located on the first and second floor in the front section and it is composed of a staff flat, representative and reception rooms, an apartment for accommodation of distinguished guests and operating facilities. It has its own entrance from the corner of Platnéřská and Žatecká Streets.
You might justly take delight in the ornamental, refined and tasteful Art Deco style. Czech artist František Kysela cooperated on the decoration work; he also painted the ceiling and designed the big tapestry ‘Práce, věda a umění’ (Work, Science, Art). Additionally, we will find here sculptures made by Břetislav Benda, Karel Štipla and Vilém Amorta ,as well as Helena Johnová’s ceramic works together with paintings and sculptures by prominent Czech and foreign 20th century artists, such as Hugo Boettinger, Cyril Bouda, Jaroslav Šetelík and others. The Coat of arms of Prague was designed by Karel Štipl and is to be found above the entrance to the Mayor’s flat. Areas above fireplaces are embellished by city and state coats of arms which were carved out in granite by sculptor František Přítel. Furnishing and decoration of Mayor’s residence was finished in 1930.
Prague’s mayors have virtually never lived in the residence; one exception is probably Mayor Karel Baxa. The premises were regularly used for accommodation for official foreign guests and for formal and representative purposes. The building underwent a major revamp and sensitive restoration of its artworks between 1994 and 1995.
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