Travel Reference
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Italians brought a new enthusiasm for classical forms, an obsession with symmetry
and a taste for exuberant decoration.
The mix of styles gave rise to a 'Bohemian Renaissance', featuring the technique of
sgraffito - from the Italian word 'to scrape' - literally creating design patterns by
scraping through an outer layer of pale plaster to reveal a darker surface underneath.
Castle, was built for Queen Anna, the consort of Prague's first Habsburg ruler Ferdin-
and I. It is almost pure Italian Renaissance. The Schwarzenberg Palace (1546-67;
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in Hradčany and the House at the Minute (1546-1610) in Staré Město,
