Průmyslový palác, Art Nouveau palace in Holesovice, Prague, Czech Republic.
Průmyslový palác is a glass-and-steel exhibition hall built in 1891 for the Jubilee National Exhibition, with masonry facades and four pylon towers at the corners of its central section. A domed roof and a clock tower with an internal spiral staircase rise 51 metres above the ground. It stands at the end of the paved Výstaviště square in Bubeneč.
The palace was designed in 1891 by Bedřich Münzberger for the National Jubilee Exhibition and marked the start of regular industrial exhibitions in Prague. It later became a central venue for trade fairs and cultural gatherings.
The palace's name changed with the regime: from 1948 to 1990 it was called Sjezdový palác (Congress Palace), and the crown on its tower was replaced by a red star. The original name returned in 1990. Visitors can also note that a Nirvana concert planned here for 11 March 1994 was cancelled after Kurt Cobain's collapse in Rome.
The palace stands at the end of the paved square of the Výstaviště grounds in Bubeneč, reachable on foot from the Výstaviště tram stop. The left wing, rebuilt after the 2008 fire, shows exposed welded steel with imitation rivets, while the right wing keeps its 1950s form. A underpass now runs beneath the central section.
The left wing, rebuilt after the 16 October 2008 fire, shows exposed welded steel with imitation rivets, while the right wing keeps its 1950s form. Investigators blamed a switched-on electric cooker in an exhibitor's stall; damage reached about one billion crowns.
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