Italian Court
Italian Court
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Former Royal Mint and Royal Palace from 14. century. Italian Court was economic center for Central Europe. Guides in historical costumes will show you how to make coins and where king was staying during his stay in Kutna Hora.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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macedonboy
Glasgow, UK185,662 contributions
Oct 2019
The Italian Court is a former palace in Kutná Hora. Back in the day, Kutna Hora was a major silver mining town and became the seat of the Central Mint of Prague in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The building was named after the Italians employed in the minting of coins, but the building is unquestionably in the style of an Italian Courtyard.
The building and museum is worth a look if in the city, but check the opening hours because the museum has limited opening hours.
The building and museum is worth a look if in the city, but check the opening hours because the museum has limited opening hours.
Written October 14, 2019
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Hong Kong, China1,497 contributions
Dec 2017 • Friends
Go a full tour with a guide it’s worth
Experienced the history of silver mining and coin making
Also got a chance to make a coin by myself
The court it so beautiful and detailed
The view is beautiful Don’t miss to see the comps
Experienced the history of silver mining and coin making
Also got a chance to make a coin by myself
The court it so beautiful and detailed
The view is beautiful Don’t miss to see the comps
Written September 18, 2018
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empress_cherry
Canberra, Australia642 contributions
May 2011
This building houses a small silver museum (pretty boring), some state rooms (nice enough), and a magnificent art nouveau chapel (which, annoyingly, is the only room you can't photograph!).
I visited as part of an organized half-day trip to Kutna Hora from Prague (I booked though Viator, I don't remember the name of the company that actually conducted the tour), and was given a tour of this building by a local guide who insisted that the art nouveau frescoes were 14th century originals, anyone who knows anything at all about art history knows that can't possibly be true, and indeed a quick google search later proved him wrong!
I visited as part of an organized half-day trip to Kutna Hora from Prague (I booked though Viator, I don't remember the name of the company that actually conducted the tour), and was given a tour of this building by a local guide who insisted that the art nouveau frescoes were 14th century originals, anyone who knows anything at all about art history knows that can't possibly be true, and indeed a quick google search later proved him wrong!
Written June 10, 2011
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blcusa
Ebensfeld, Germany13 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
We visited the royal palace and skipped the minting exhibition. The rooms (all reconstructions) were very interesting, but the tour was in Czech. Foreign language tours must be pre-arranged. It seems that a UNESCO World Culture Heritage city could provide audio guides for all important sites.
Written August 7, 2023
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John B
Westwood, MA168 contributions
Jul 2019
This is where coins were minted. The tour guide lets you mint your own using tools similar to those used hundreds of years ago. Only you make them from Aluminum blanks, not silver. So, you won't get rich but the tour covers the history of the building and many of the rooms. Definitely worth a visit. You can walk from here to Saint Barbara's and see the city center.
Written August 22, 2019
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LiseD780
Montreal, Canada23 contributions
Sep 2017 • Couples
We were on a day trip from Prague to Kutna Hora. The visit of the Italian Court was on the agenda. Once there, our excellent guide had to step out, and let the official guide of the Italian Court museum do the tour. That guide was not engaged, the accent was terrible, you could not get anything, and the site was poorly organized. So it was not a good experience which is too bad as I believe they have a gem in there waiting to be discovered.
Written September 27, 2017
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weeezoo
Woking, UK584 contributions
May 2017 • Couples
Where to beginning, it's just nor like any tourist attraction at all. It's only got a few rooms, two models of the building, a video and a few coins to show. Why oh why would this be a tourist attraction!!!!!!!!
No facilities, no interaction and no display at all. What kind of museum is this????
No facilities, no interaction and no display at all. What kind of museum is this????
Written May 24, 2017
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Laura B
Huntsville, AL111 contributions
Dec 2011 • Friends
This was a bit boring. I guess that seeing where the king addressed the court from a door on a balcony that was about 5 feet tall (he was short) was a neat factoid, but I really was a bit bored with the rest as it took to long to get through the mint demonstrations and the Italian court.
Written July 31, 2012
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Vladi D
Tel Aviv District, Israel66 contributions
Jun 2012 • Couples
The Italian Court of Kutna Hora is indeed a nice place. However, the management of the place insists that visits should be made with a local guide only. Our guide spoke very bad English. He was so eager to pronounce the words correctly, that he almost spat them at us - and still didn't achieve a proper level of understanding.
Also, there's a nice exhibition of coins. There's also this guy that mints coins right in front of you, however only in the middle of the tour we found out that this should be paid for additionally, up front. Whatever...
Also, there's a nice exhibition of coins. There's also this guy that mints coins right in front of you, however only in the middle of the tour we found out that this should be paid for additionally, up front. Whatever...
Written June 30, 2012
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Brian B
Peoria, AZ1,218 contributions
Jun 2019 • Solo
We had a private tour and enjoyed very much. The mayor now occupies a portion of the building. At one time though it was a palace and Central Mint of Prague. Sliver was minded into the 15th/16th century. There is a demonstration of the minting process.
Although relatively small it has some amazing woodwork.
There was a small fee.
Although relatively small it has some amazing woodwork.
There was a small fee.
Written June 5, 2019
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Hello,
I am confused by some of the tripadvisor postings. Are there siver mining museums at both the Italian Court and Hradek? What is the difference and which is included in the tour for the silver mine? I have reserved for the Silver mines tour, but I think my 10 year old can only do 1 coin minting museum.
Thank you, can't wait to visit,
Rachel
Written June 15, 2017
The silver mines tour is at Hrádek. Hrádek exhibition is about medieval silver mining
and IC is about medieval mint procedures.
Written June 16, 2017
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