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St. John of Nepomuk (Jan Nepomucký) and Fulfilled Wishes
There is a small brass point - it is an energy point, when you step on it, you feel the warmth and energy entering your body. And in order for your wish to come true, you have to have your hands on the lattice and the stars and at the same time, you have to step on the energy point with your right foot.
Railway Bridge at Výtoň
The railway bridge under Vyšehrad officially has no name. But for so long...
Letná Water Tower
The principle of
water towers is simple and was already known in ancient Rome...
Mánes
In 1885, an association of young Czech
artists Škréta was founded in Munich. (It...
Cubist Houses Under Vyšehrad
If you look at
Vyšehrad from the river, you can see two church towers...
To the Airport Every Ten Minutes
From time to
time, the Prague City Council has considered whether the city needs...
Fountain with non-existent animals
Peace Square is
one of the most beautiful squares in Prague - and not...
Libuše’s Treasure
Vyšehrad is a younger castle than Prague castle, built in the middle of...
Ferry Výtoň
Prague public
transport also includes six ferry lines. Some run all year round, some...
Half-Timbered House
When you get off
the Malostranská metro stop and wait for the tram that...
Heydrich’s Curve
The castle in
the photo is the clinic of...
Můstek
If you walk down
Wenceslas Square from the National...
Faculty of Law (Charles University)
A monumental
neoclassical building of the Faculty of Law of...
National Memorial on the Vítkov Hill
Until July 1420, it was an ordinary hill called Vítkov after the Prague burgher Vítek of the Hill, who had his vineyards here. But then the hill became the scene of a great battle of the Hussite armies against the Crusaders. And the Hussites were commanded by one of the most famous Czech warlords of all time, Jan Žižka.
Municipal House
The Municipal
House is today one of the most monumental Art Nouveau monuments in...
Powder Tower
The Gothic
Powder Tower is the beginning of the Royal Route leading to Prague...
The Pink Tank (David Černý)
Today's Kinsky
Square in Smichov was called the Square of Soviet Tankers during the
totalitarian...
New Town Hall
In March 1348, King Charles IV issued the founding charter of the New...
TV Tower in the Jewish Cemetery
The Žižkov Television Tower has a café 66 metres above the ground. Looking...
Škroupovo náměstí (Škroup’s Circus)
Škroupovo
náměstí (Škroup`s Circus) in Žižkov could be an ordinary Prague square.
Interesting in that...
Štorchův dům (Štorch’s House)
Today's thirty-somethings and younger
people know only from stories what "book Thursdays" were. That...
U Rotta (House at the Rott)
Malé náměstí (Small Square) or Malý rynek
(from the German Kleiner Ring; "rynek" is...
Sigismund Bell
Behind the gilded grille of the Great
South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral is...