• Vintage bird's eye view map of Prague with two portraits inset on the top corners.
  • Vintage map of a city with numbered buildings
  • Beige textured paper background
  • Geometric diagram with a square and labeled points on a textured beige background
  • Close-up of a signature and text on a textured paper background
  • Geometric diagram with labeled angles on a textured beige background
  • Close-up of a vintage document with text and a signature, featuring a watermark in the corner.
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Panoramic map of Prague, 1926

SKU:  195048

Panoramic map of Prague, 1926

€79,73 EUR
€79,73 EUR
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This panoramic map depicts Prague in 1926, titled “Praha v době VIII. sletu všesokolského”, created to commemorate the Eighth Sokol Gymnastics Festival, a major cultural and national event in interwar Czechoslovakia. Rendered in a detailed bird’s-eye perspective, the map presents the city as a unified, monumental urban landscape, emphasizing both historical continuity and modern vitality.

The Vltava River dominates the composition, winding through the city and organizing its districts. Bridges—most notably Charles Bridge and newer crossings—link the medieval core with expanding nineteenth- and early twentieth-century neighborhoods. The dense fabric of the Old Town, New Town, and Lesser Town is clearly visible, with churches, civic buildings, and squares carefully distinguished. On the heights, Prague Castle and its associated complexes anchor the city’s historical and symbolic authority.

In the foreground, elevated terrain and landmarks provide depth and orientation, while the background opens into the surrounding countryside, suggesting Prague’s role as both capital and regional center. The inclusion of portrait medallions at the top—depicting figures associated with the Sokol movement—reinforces the map’s commemorative and nationalist purpose.

Stylistically, the map blends cartographic precision with artistic realism. Buildings are meticulously drawn, streets are legible, and spatial relationships are coherent, despite the oblique perspective. As a historical document, the map captures Prague at its interwar peak: confident, cohesive, and presented as the cultural and political heart of a newly established nation.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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