Once a Baroque Fortification, Now a Café
If you take the streetcar from Malostranská metro station up to the Castle, the first tram stop is called the Royal Summer...
Portheimka, a Statue of a Snake, and a Monument to Ferdinand...
The Baroque
Summer Palace Portheimka was built in 1728 for himself and his family by Kilián
Ignác Dientzenhofer, one of the most important Czech...
27 Executed, 28 Crosses, and One Pardon a Second Before Death
27 men were
executed in the Old Town Square. On the pavement in front of the Old Town Hall,
there are several rows of...
The Poet’s Facade
A new apartment building was built in Bieblova Street in Smíchov a few years ago. The street is named after the Czech...
The Only Cubist Newsstand in the World
(Photo: By Pablo Picasso - Museum of Modern Art, New York)
Babies on the Tower and on Kampa
With its height of 216 meters, the Žižkov Television Tower is the tallest building in Prague. It attracts attention from afar, but...
Franz Kafka’s Houses and the Battle of the Old Town Square
https://youtu.be/w8PvPUcQFIA
Everyone will notice that house on the Old...
Lioness (Jaroslav Róna)
Sculptor
Jaroslav Róna is one of the most significant sculptors whose works can be seen
in Prague's public space.
I think...
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...
Manhole Covers for Reminding of Communist Oppression
On Kampa Island, there are special manhole covers near the outer wall of Museum Kampa. Actually, they are...
Is That Wall Jagged or Hungry?
One of the many
major acts that King Charles IV did in 1348 was the founding of the New Town.
The founding charter was...
A Small Dog Weighing 4 Tons
For two weeks
only, a giant statue of a dog called "Small Dog" will be exhibited on
a boat on the Vltava. A giant...
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...
Paving Stones To Honor the Memory of the Jews (Jaroslav and...
"Stones of the disappeared" or "stones that you must not miss" are brass cubes with the names of Jews who perished during...
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...
Music Concreted in Motion
In 2021, the
Czech Philharmonic celebrated 125 years since its foundation - paradoxically at
a time when all culture was inactive. Because of the...
A Triangle of Peace and Relaxation Within Sight of Prague Castle
Just five tram
stops from Prague Castle is a triangle of three areas that are definitely worth
visiting.
