The important Prague Castle room that is linked to Spain thanks to a monarchical fashion
He Prague Castle He is considered one of the greatest in the world, and is one of the main tourist attractions in the capital of the Czech Republic, as well as a brand of his past, since some of the most relevant acts in its history have taken place. One of its rooms, specifically, has been the protagonist of these events, and its designation keeps a curious chance with Spain.
The Spanish Chamber of the Prague Castle
We speak specifically of the Spanish Chamber of the Castle of Prague, a place that currently hosts important meetings, being part of the presidential office of the President of the Czech Republic, and which, for example, in 2010 was the place where the United States and Russia signed the nuclear disarmament agreement.
It was where in 1836 the coronation of Fernando V de Habsburgthe last king who took the Czech crown, and was a usual place of purposes similar to those of today, being a representation room and celebration of social acts of the monarchy of the Austrohungal Empire, of which the current Czech Republic was part.
The Spanish Chamber of Prague Castle is located in the North Wing, between the second court to the east and fourth patio and garden in the bastion to the west, and it enters it through the column room from the so -called Matías Gate.
His desingment comes from a fashion of Spanish Austrias
It has dimensions of 47×21 meters and inside it has 18 windows. His current relief decoration was part of one of his reconstructions, in the nineteenth century, on the occasion of the Bohemian coronation of the emperor Francisco José I of Austriawhich never was held, although the two long walls of their first era are maintained, and in the vault key on the central window the imperial monogram r of the order of the gold toison stands out.
The construction of the Spanish Chamber took place in 1605 and was designed by the Italian architect Giovanni Maria Filippi To house Rodolfo II's sculpture collection, something according to Czech historians, it never happened, but took place in a contiguous stay.
The denomination of 'Spanish Sala' came directly from the fact that the rooms that were used to house collections, a fashion that was the work of the Hispanic monarchy of the Austrias were called, although its first name was that of 'New Sala', and then being 'New Spanish Room' and finally ending its current.
