From the corner of Vladislav’s Hall, there is an entrance to the Renaissance, so called Ludvík’s Wing, which was built above the castle rampart in a direction towards the town, probably according to a project of Benedikt Ried in the years 1503 - 1520 by Vladislav and Ludvík of Jagiellon. To be found here, there are: - two rooms of the Bohemian Office, which would represent the king in case of his absence. The room in the back is known for the second Prague defenestration from 1618, when two governors, Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice and Vilém Slavata of Chlum, were thrown out of the window together with their secretary Filip Fabricius (all survived). This defenestration initiated Bohemian Estates Uprising and subsequently the Thirty Years’ War. - Imperial Court Council Room, situated on the floor above the Bohemian Office, has a purely Renaissance interior and large windows. The office furniture and tile stove date back to the 17th century. On the walls, there are portraits of Bohemian kings from the Habsburg family.
- Observation Terrace offers beautiful view of the city and the Garden on the Ramparts (Na Valech). Next to the observation spot, there is a spiral granite staircase made by Otto Rothmayer, which connects the Old Royal Palace with the Theresian Wing. - TheresianWing is a narrow tract built by Maria Theresa in 1766 - 1768 as a connection between Ludvík’s Wing and the Institute for noble women. Its top floor was removed in 1931 as it blocked the view of the Vladislav’s Hall front. - Rooms of the New Municipal Files adjoin the Northern side of the Vladislav’s Hall. They were used by the officials working with the municipal files from the 1560s on. Their painted emblems decorate the walls, as well as the vaulted ceiling. Carved wardrobes from the era of Rudolf II are installed here. - Assembly Hall from the mid-16th century, built according to a historicist project of Bonifác Wohlmut. There is a decorative ribbed vault in the room, and there is a platform of the supreme scrivener in an elevated place, interconnected with the premises of the new municipal files. There is assembly furniture for the king, the archbishop and other representatives of the church, for the representatives of the estates and the knights, the representatives of the royal towns, for the supreme municipal officials and judges. On the wall, there are portraits of Maria Theresa and her husband, Joseph II, Leopold II and Franz II.
- Riders’ Staircase was once used as the entrance for knights riding horses and coming for the tournaments in Vladislav’s Hall, and today it is used to exit the hall. It was built around 1500 by Benedikt Ried. The actual staircase is made up of 9 low steps, it is 3.5 m wide, and 8.35 m long. There is a complex helical vault with intersecting ribs on the floor. - All Saints’ Church built by Petr Parléř after 1370 in place of a Romanic palace chapel. After the fire in 1541, only the enclosure walls were preserved. It was rebuilt and modified in Renaissance style only in 1580. At the same time, it was extended all the way to Vladislav’s Hall, with which it is connected via one of the portals. The main altar is Baroque, carrying a painting of All Saints by Václav Vavřinec Reiner from 1732. There are 12 pictures from the Legend of St. Prokop by Kristián Dittmann from 1669. The last one depicts the transfer of St. Prokop’s remains from the Sázava Monastery to the All Saints’ Church in 1588, in which they were buried. St. Prokop’s Baroque tombstone is surrounded by allegoric statues of Virtue and reliefs from St. Prokop’s legend. A triptych on the altar of St. Archangels is probably the piece of Hans von Aachen.
Prague Castle has been a National Cultural Monument since 1962.
