The Three Gold Stars restaurant, Mala Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
U Trich Zlatych Hvezd or The Three Gold Stars Restaurant. Old and historic restaurant. The first written records of the building date back to 1400. The house was completely destroyed by fire during the Hussite wars. After twelve years it was restored and in 1813 principally rebuilt. It is one of the few houses in Prague built in the Empire style.
The interior is decorated with full-wall murals from the book "Atlanta Fugiens" written in 1618 by Emperor Rudolph´s II personal doctor Michael Maier. He was an alchemist and member of the Knights of the Cross Order and served as a model for these paintings. The figures depict various stages of consciousness undergone by a novice of the great work on his road to cognition.
In medieval times there was a wooden “donkey” in the street outside with a sharp edged back… ladies of ill repute were made to sit astride the trestle as a punishment.
The Three Gold Stars restaurant, Mala Strana, Prague, Czech Republic
U Trich Zlatych Hvezd or The Three Gold Stars Restaurant. Old and historic restaurant. The first written records of the building date back to 1400. The house was completely destroyed by fire during the Hussite wars. After twelve years it was restored and in 1813 principally rebuilt. It is one of the few houses in Prague built in the Empire style.
The interior is decorated with full-wall murals from the book "Atlanta Fugiens" written in 1618 by Emperor Rudolph´s II personal doctor Michael Maier. He was an alchemist and member of the Knights of the Cross Order and served as a model for these paintings. The figures depict various stages of consciousness undergone by a novice of the great work on his road to cognition.
In medieval times there was a wooden “donkey” in the street outside with a sharp edged back… ladies of ill repute were made to sit astride the trestle as a punishment.