Formerly, It Was a Backyard for Chickens and Pigs; Today, the...
The Church of
Our Lady before Týn, on Old Town Square, the counterbalance of the dominating
Town Hall with the astronomical clock, is the...
Meditation Garden, 27 Executed, and State Bankruptcy in 1623
Oasis in the Beating Heart of the City
If you walk down
Nerudova Street from the Castle and turn...
The Mirror Chapel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
If you walk along the Charles Bridge from the Lesser Town to the Old Town and then on to the Old Town...
What Does the Seat of the Government of the Czech Republic...
A short distance from the Malostranská metro station and in sight across the river from the Faculty of Law building stands the...
Ocean Liner Over the Rooftops of Wenceslas Square
Let's be honest - anyone who hasn't spent at least one evening in the Great Hall of the Lucerna Palace can't say...
Hvězda Summer Palace and the Most Famous Battle in Czech history
Every Czech knows who was Charles IV, later called the Father of the Homeland. No wonder, he made his mark in Czech...
About the Church, Which is Really Huge Because Too Much Money...
To put it simply - in 863, the brothers Cyril and Methodius of Thessaloniki came to Moravia to spread Christianity and education....
About a Severed Hand and a Dead Painter
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.
Church of St. Martin in the Wall and Two Legends
On the roof of the Church of St. Martin in the wall is a gargoyle - a figure of a little boy....
Municipal House
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,...
Powder Gate Tower
The Gothic
Powder Tower is the beginning of the Royal Route leading to Prague Castle. The
coronation processions of the Czech kings used to...
New Town Hall
In March 1348, King Charles IV issued the founding charter of the New Town of Prague. It was to include three market...
TV Tower in the Jewish Cemetery
The Žižkov Television Tower has a café 66 metres above the ground. Looking from this height, you can see the Old Jewish...
Sigismund Bell
Behind the gilded grille of the Great
South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral is the belfry, in which Sigismund, the
largest Czech bell, is...
Victory Column
Right next to the St. Vitus Cathedral, in
the third courtyard of Prague Castle, is a tall granite column - a truncated
pyramid with...
Old Town Bridge Tower
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...
Industrial Palace
In 1791 the First Industrial Exhibition
was held in Prague's Klementinum - it was the first not only in Bohemia, but in
the whole...
