Churches and Palaces

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...

Church of St. Peter in Biskupská Street. It was built as a Romanesque basilica in the middle of the 12th century, as the...

The Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord at George of Poděbrady Square (náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad) at Vinohrady was built between...

The Strahov Monastery (founded in 1143) is one of the most important architectural monuments in the Czech Republic and its Strahov Library is one...

Quiet and peace in the gardens and courtyards of the Capuchin monastery in Hradčany.

In context with the Battle of White Mountain and the Hvězda Game Reserve, it is worth mentioning that...

The first sanctuary at this place was built in 926-30. This rotunda was destroyed by Prince Spytihněv after...

Princess Libuse had once a dream that difficult times will come soon to her land. She decided to protect her people and ordered miners to find and bring her as much gold as they can. Then she took all that gold and hid it inside this hill. The only person she told where the treasure was hidden, was her husband Premysl. When they both died, the secret was lost forever.

About the fact that you can see a freshly baked gingerbread nativity scene with hundreds of figures every year at the Church of Matthew ("U Matěje").

A man living in the house next to the Capuchins monastery: "Do you know what really annoys me? That my car has a much better view than I do."