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THE STONE BELL HOUSE

The House at the Stone Bell with its notable gothic frontage is situated in the centre of Prague, right in the Old Town Square. According to the latest research, its beginnings come from the second half of the 13th century. A sumptuous house with the extraordinary existence of two chapels, a richness of architectonic components, figuration and wall paintings in the interiors, as well as a geometric composition of the façade positively proves that it used to be a palace in its time, no doubt built by a member of a royal court. Parts of the sculptured decoration of the western frontage has been preserved, including also fragments of a ruling figure of the king and queen, probably Jan Lucemburský and his wife Eliška Přemyslovna. Some predictions even evoke the assumption that the founder of the house might be the queen Eliška Přemyslovna herself.

The name of The House at the Stone Bell first appears in 1417. It originated perhaps after a stone bell, which has been preserved in the corner. Perhaps, it should have been a hint about the historical event in 1310, when the queen Eliška's chaplain Berengar, gave a sign by the bell to the soldiery of the king Jan Lucemburský and his followers in the town to open the gate and to take over the Old Town enforcedly and peacefully.