Churches and Palaces

Every Czech knows who was Charles IV, later called the Father of the Homeland. No wonder, he made his mark in Czech...

To put it simply - in 863, the brothers Cyril and Methodius of Thessaloniki came to Moravia to spread Christianity and education....

And the prayers worked. His wife and children died of the plague, but the painter was still painting. However, when he finished the painting, he fell dead to the ground and his soul went straight to heaven.

On the roof of the Church of St. Martin in the wall is a gargoyle - a figure of a little boy....

The Municipal House is today one of the most monumental Art Nouveau monuments in Prague. The King's Court, the seat of the Czech monarch,...

The Gothic Powder Tower is the beginning of the Royal Route leading to Prague Castle. The coronation processions of the Czech kings used to...

In March 1348, King Charles IV issued the founding charter of the New Town of Prague. It was to include three market...

The Žižkov Television Tower has a café 66 metres above the ground. Looking from this height, you can see the Old Jewish...

Behind the gilded grille of the Great South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral is the belfry, in which Sigismund, the largest Czech bell, is...

Right next to the St. Vitus Cathedral, in the third courtyard of Prague Castle, is a tall granite column - a truncated pyramid with...

Charles Bridge is protected by three towers. The smaller of the two towers on the Lesser Town side is called Judith's Tower and was...

In 1791 the First Industrial Exhibition was held in Prague's Klementinum - it was the first not only in Bohemia, but in the whole...

It is exactly 1.5 kilometers from the Loreto to...

There is one place in Prague that everyone knows. And that place is "under the tail". When two people say to each other "Let's...

I think everyone knows the Jindřišská Tower. It`s one of Prague's most famous towers. But only a few people know that it was built...

Jan Hus preached in the Bethlehem Chapel from 1402 to 1413. In the 18th century, the chapel was in a desolate state,...

Just walk a few steps from the Charles Bridge and you will be surrounded by the calm of Klementinum. These Baroque buildings are the...

Charles Bridge is terminated on both sides by towers. The Old Town Bridge Tower and two Lesser Town Bridge Towers. The minor...