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Trade Fair Palace

Veletržní palác

building and art museum of the National Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic

  • TypeMuseums
  • WherePrague, Czechia
  • AddressDukelských hrdinů 530/45
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About Trade Fair Palace

The Trade Fair Palace (Czech: Veletržní palác) is a functionalist building in Prague-Holešovice, Czech Republic. It currently serves as the largest gallery site of the National Gallery Prague. It was originally constructed in 1925 to serve as a hall for trade fairs; however, it was closed after a six-day-long fire broke out in 1974. Soon after the fire, it was given to the National Gallery Prague and finally reopened in 1995. The building is notable as the first functionalist building in Prague and the largest functionalist building at the time of its construction.

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Built
1925
Architects
Josef Fuchs, Oldřich Tyl
Visitors a year
161,000 (2020)
Prague