page_title: Czech Renaissance architecture
section_title: Secular architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Czech Renaissance architecture / Secular architecture
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Pražský hrad, Starý královský palác, vlevo Ludvíkovo křídlo, vpravo Vladislavský sál
context_page_description: Czech Renaissance architecture refers to the architectural period of the early modern era in Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, which then comprised the Crown of Bohemia and today constitute the Czech Republic. The Renaissance style flourished in the Czech lands from the late 15th century to the first half of the 17th century.
  In the Crown of Bohemia as well as in other parts of Central Europe the Renaissance style was accepted slower than in southern Europe and its development was delayed in comparison with Italy. It was partly caused by the situation in the Kingdom after the Hussite Wars. The Bohemian Reformation was mistrustful of the influences coming from the "papal" Italy and rather respected the traditional values expressed with the older Gothic style. Therefore, the first examples of the Renaissance architecture in the Czech lands can be found in the domains of the Catholic aristocracy or the Catholic king. The Renaissance style first appeared in the Czech Kingdom in the 1490s. Bohemia thus ranked among the areas of the Holy Roman Empire with the earliest known examples of the Renaissance architecture.
caption: Prague Old Royal Palace with windows of Vladislav Hall and Louis' Wing in the background, the 1st Renaissance residence in Bohemia
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