The historical core of the town hall consists of a Gothic tower added on to Volflin's former house in c. 1364 when it became a new dominant feature of the square. On the east side the tower connects to the town hall chapel of the Virgin Mary and the Patrons of Bohemia, consecrated in 1381 and equipped with a grand bay opening towards the square. The chapel is one of the so-called Wenceslas' monuments, as shown by the heraldic symbols of Wenceslas IV decorating the interior – torses and kingfishers.

From Sudek's favourite Castle and Royal Garden the Ball Games Hall was damaged the most (sometimes called the Great Ball Games Hall). The building, originally intended for the playing of ball games, is a Renaissance site from 1567–1569 designed by the court architect and builder Bonifác Wolmuth.PV (VV, MS) [Pavel Vlček (Václav Vančura, Markéta Svobodová)], Královská zahrada (c. k. dvorní zahrada), in: Pavel Vlček a kol., Umělecké památky Prahy. Pražský hrad a Hradčany, Academia, Praha, 2000, pp.

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The building of National Museum, standing near the actual target - the Czech Radio, happened to be in the epicenter of the Prague Uprising as well. Luckily, the museum collections had been moved to the countryside but the building itself suffered a loss. The monumental Neo-Renaissance building by Josef Schulz from 1885–1890 was damaged by the Luftwaffe air bomb on 7 May in the morning.

In the evening on 5 May 1945, the commander of arms SS Carl Friedrich von Pückler-Burghaus issued an order to use the German air force against the Prague insurgents.See Michal Plavec – Filip Vojtášek, Bomby na Květnou neděli. Letecká válka nad Prahou a okolím v březnu až květnu 1945, Svět křídel, Cheb, 2012, pp. 281–293. It started the following day and one of the main targets was the radio building on Vinohradská Street, the area of Wenceslas Square, and the historical centre of the city on the right river bank.

“Barricades! What heroism, what bravery, self-sacrifice and fraternal solidarity grew and was born on these unusual constructions!” Ladislav Matěj Pařízek, A lid povstal, Aventinum, Praha, 1945. Reference after: Tomáš Jakl, Barikády a bojiště Pražského povstání, Paseka, Praha, 2014, pp. 17, 19.

The house At the Kindl'sThe name comes from the note on a photograph by Antonín Alexander from the Monument Board (Prague CIty Archives, Collection of Photographs, sign. A 17007). or the house At the Golden Vulture (or At the Vulture) on the plot between Celetná Street and Fruit Market Square is a building whose beginnings date back to the 13th century. The appearance of the building changed gradually over time.

The house At the White Peacock on Celetná Street near Old Town Square was heavily damaged as part of the targetted attacks on the square and its close vicinity during the May Uprising. The adjacent building At the Vulture (no. 563/I) was also damaged. Only the late Baroque facade, which came from the renovation of the building after 1750, remained from the house At the White Peacock. The house, most likely standing on the site of three medieval houses, was rebuilt again in 1949.RB [Růžena Baťková], čp. 557/I, in: Pavel Vlček a kol., Umělecké památky Prahy.

In the so-called Rychter's (Martinický's) house, Josef Sudek primarily captured the Neo-Classical portico from 1798 by Johann Ludwig Kranner, damaged during the May Uprising. Rychter's house came into being by connecting several older, originally medieval houses in the 18th century and is preserved in the Rococo adaptation from the late 18th century.

Josef Sudek also photographed the damage to the eastern apse of St Nicholas Church, seen from Pařížská Street. This view of the church, originally blocked by the surrounding buildings, was gradually revealed in the square – first Krenn's house between the town hall wing and the church was demolished as part of the urban renewal in 1901, and then again, after the Neo-Gothic wing of the town hall was pulled down in 1948.E.g. see Kateřina Bečková, Zmizelá Praha. Staré město, Paseka, Praha–Litomyšl, 2005, pp.