Inside the Royal Palace

On the same entry ticket for 220Kc we could also enter the Royal Palace. Dating from 1135 it is one of the oldest parts of the castle. It was the seat of Bohemian princes but from the 13th to the 16th century it was the king's palace.
Vladislav Hall, in the centre of the palace, was used for markets, banquets, councils, coronations and in bad weather, jousting.During jousting matches the horses would enter from the far left hallway(dark shadowed archway on the left).To the right through the windows you look down onto the Little Quarter, St Nicholas, and in the distance Vysehrad's 'St Peters and St Pauls Church' and then as far as the day allows.

The Rider's staircase with the slopping stairs lead directly, through the curtains at the top, into the Vladislav Hall

Up some winding stone stairs to the left of the hall is the New Land Rolls. The walls and the ceilings of these rooms are painted with the crests of the clerks who worked there from 1561 to 1774 and was the old map repository for land titles.

Also to the left of the Hall is the medieval parliaments, Thrown Room. The room included portraits, one being Maria Theresa as can be seen in the second photo.