National Theather

The historical building of the National Theatre in Prague is the embodiment of the will of the Czech nation for national independence. The broad masses of the people took a share in its building by making collections for it and the ceremonial lying of the cornerstone on 16th May 1868 became a nation- widepolitical demonstration. The idea of building a worthy stone theatre came into being in the autumn of 1844 at meetings of patriots in Prague and began to be put into practice with a request for "the privilege of building, furnishing, maintaining and directing" an indepedent Czech theatre, which the historian František Palacký put before the Committee of the Estates of the Czech parliament on 29th January 1845. The privilage was granted in April of that year.

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Contact Information

National Theather
narodni divadlo
11000 Praha 1

Tel. +420224932086

http://www.nd.cz