Jan Bažant

Architecture of the Prague Pantheon: the Museum and Nationalism

The National Museum in Prague was built in 1883-1891 after a design by Josef Schulz. The article draws attention to the national features of this architecture and its similarity to the Berlin Reichstag, which explains why there were no similar buildings in the Bohemian Kingdom at that time. As for the Pantheon of the Prague museum, the article finds its source of inspiration in the 'halls of fame' of contemporary military museums.

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