Vikárka
At the very beginning of the 14th century there were church institutions in these places, however later, during the reign of Charles IV, who yielded the vicars right to brew beer, the Vicars’ liquor flowed here in streams. During the Hussite wars brewing of beer was temporarily interrupted, however it had its expansion during the reign of Rudolph II who resided at Prague castle. His court abound in Spanish grandees who did not draw in and spent richly in the local pub, and even the bargains settled well in the Vladislaus hall were wetted here by artists from all the world.
At the very beginning of the 14th century there were church institutions in these places, however later, during the reign of Charles IV, who yielded the vicars right to brew beer, the Vicars’ liquor flowed here in streams. During the Hussite wars brewing of beer was temporarily interrupted, however it had its expansion during the reign of Rudolph II who resided at Prague castle. His court abound in Spanish grandees who did not draw in and spent richly in the local pub, and even the bargains settled well in the Vladislaus hall were wetted here by artists from all the world.
Present Time
The entire Vikárky complex went through an extensive reconstruction (since the autumn of 2005), which involved the efforts of a large number of talented and well-known individuals. The construction project was prepared by the architectural atelier of Ing. Arch. Ladislav Lábus. The interiors were designed by Ing. Jan Mayer, the chairman of the Linhart Foundation, Ing. arch. Yvona Bělíková and Ing. Tomáš Kuča, who had previously joined forces to create a series of very interesting projects, not only in Prague but abroad also. (Reconstruction of vila in Jana Masaryka street, the Lary Fary restauraurant, Restaurant Victoria, NOD gallery, the Labyrint gallery, the Old Sub-Station, Schlosswachbach chateau, the Children’s haematology ward of the Motol hospital, etc).
A sensitivity to and sense of the original components is one of the things not lacking by these architects, and you can see this for yourself in both the Rudolph‘s foundry (the result of the efforts of the male part of this trio) as well as on the ground floor, which were designed by Yvona Bělíková. Painters, restorers, restorers, and many other skilled people, who have been co-operating with the above-mentioned architects for a number of years, did not hesitate in participating in the realisation process.