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Lucerna Palace

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The most elegant of Nov茅 M臎sto鈥檚 many shopping arcades runs through the art-nouveau Lucerna Palace (1920), between 艩t臎p谩nsk谩 and Vodi膷kova streets. The complex was designed by V谩clav Havel (grandfather of the former president) and is still partially owned by the family. It includes theatres, a cinema, shops, a rock club and several cafes and restaurants.

In the marbled atrium hangs artist David 膶ern媒鈥檚 sculpture 碍暖艌, a wryly amusing counterpart to the equestrian statue of St Wenceslas in Wenceslas Square. Here St Wenceslas sits astride a horse that is decidedly dead; it鈥檚 safe to assume this is a reference to V谩clav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic from 2003 to 2013.

The neighbouring Nov谩k Arcade, connected to the Lucerna and riddled by a maze of passages, has one of Prague鈥檚 finest art-nouveau facades (overlooking Vodi膷kova), complete with mosaics of country life.

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