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Charles Bridge   Prague

Charles Bridge, Prague

 548 Reviews  Probably Prague's most famous landmark, its construction started in 1357. It has several statues along its sides. None are original but they are still interesting. There are numerous artists and... 

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Old-Town Hall & Astronomical Clock   Prague

Old-Town Hall & Astronomical Clock, Prague

 357 Reviews  An astronomical clock is a clock with special mechanisms and dials to display astronomical information, such as the relative positions of the sun, moon, zodiacal constellations, and sometimes major... 

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St Vitus's Cathedral   Prague

St Vitus's Cathedral, Prague

 366 Reviews  This is part of Prague Castle but I actually came back to it in the afternoon because the line in the morning was so long. It is well worth it as it is a pretty awesome sight. It is a 600 year-old... 

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Prague Castle   Prague

Prague Castle, Prague

 425 Reviews  I was able to have a walk through the castle grounds after dark with a colleague. Sadly it was to late in the evening to visit any of the attractions, but it was indeed an odd sensation to be walking... 

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Wenceslas Square   Prague

Wenceslas Square, Prague

 166 Reviews  One of the famous squares in Prague, Wenceslas Square is the imposing square that can hold about 40,000 people. Here they had the famous demonstrations against the communist government. What is now... 

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Old-Town Square   Prague

Old-Town Square, Prague

 294 Reviews  The old town square is referred to as Staroměstské náměstí in Czech. During the Christmas period, a huge Christmas tree is set up in the old town square as well as various stalls selling... 

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Vltava river and bridges   Prague

Vltava river and bridges, Prague

 110 Reviews  Known as Moldau in Germany, and unknown pretty much every where else in the world, the Vltava is the most important, and longest, river in the Czech Republic. Its impact on Prague has been both... 

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Jewish Town and Synagogues   Prague

Jewish Town and Synagogues, Prague

 213 Reviews  One of the pics shows the Clock Tower of the 16th-century, in the Jewish town hall of Prague. The main clock, with Roman numerals, functions in the conventional manner. The lower one, with Hebrew... 

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Golden Lane   Prague

Golden Lane, Prague

 131 Reviews  THIS TIP WAS TIP OF THE DAY: TIP OF THE DAY ON FACEBOOK 08-02-2012 A special atmosphere reigns in the little street by the Prague Castle, called the Golden Lane. It is lined with small picturesque... 

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Views of Prague   Prague

Views of Prague, Prague

 121 Reviews  We decided to take one of those 3 1/2 hour bus tours around Prague on Day 1 to orient ourselves to the city. It was a Grand Tour offered by a company whose name escapes me, but it cost around $40 USD... 

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Church of Our Lady before Tyn   Prague

Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague

 149 Reviews  For me, the bristling Gothic spires of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn epitomise the Prague skyline and probably served to inspire many a Disney castle! There has been a church on this site since... 

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Lennon Wall   Prague

Lennon Wall, Prague

 37 Reviews   From the Dancing House, Franscesco led us across the Jiráskův Bridge to the left bank of the river, where among other things he showed us the John Lennon Wall. After John Lennon was murdered in... 

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Dancing House   Prague

Dancing House, Prague

 64 Reviews  A total contrast from its environs. I was walking getting lost near karlovo namesti until I reached the river front and accidentally this building caught my attention - no idea that it's an... 

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Jewish Cemetery   Prague

Jewish Cemetery, Prague

 97 Reviews  Just a very interesting place to see, bordering on the macabre. This is a very small place established in the 15th century. Because of space constraints, there are 12 layers of graves here. That is... 

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Old Town   Prague

Old Town, Prague

 133 Reviews  We spent a good deal of time in the Old town area. While in Old Town, there are the must see things like the clock etc etc. We had the most fun while getting "lost " in Old Town. We found many very... 

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Torture Museum   Prague

Torture Museum, Prague

 19 Reviews  At first I was hesitant to go in due to the price,but...it was well worth the admission. I'm not sure if I just started to notice this, but it seems that now more and more European cities are opening... 

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Castle Guard   Prague

Castle Guard, Prague

 89 Reviews  At noon, you can watch the shift of the castle guard. Being a traveller who has visited many countries and watched many guard shifts, I must admit that this was an ordinary one which does not include... 

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Loretto   Prague

Loretto, Prague

 63 Reviews  This sanctuary is one of my favourite places in Prague. It has a peaceful atmosphere, seemingly far away from the troubles of this world. The Casa Santa, the actual sanctuary, was built 1626-31 by... 

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Cathedrals and churches   Prague

Cathedrals and churches, Prague

 132 Reviews  This Benedictine Abbey was founded by Emperor Charles/Karl IV in 1347 and has been a first rate theological centre of the slavic church for a long time. The scriptorium was pretty famous, a lot of... 

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St Nicholas's Church   Prague

St Nicholas's Church, Prague

 94 Reviews  Located in the centre of old town, this white and great church was built in the 18th century by the Jesuits. Used as a army's garrison during WW1, it was later given to the Hussite movement, and is... 

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Franz Kafka's Prague   Prague

Franz Kafka's Prague, Prague

 40 Reviews  Kafka (1883-1924) is regarded as one of the best writers of the 20th century. The term "Kafkaesque" has become part of the English language. Was born to Jewish parents. The pictures show the house... 

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Strahov Monastery   Prague

Strahov Monastery, Prague

 59 Reviews  The Strahof Monastery is a must-see destination for anyone---the Library is fascinating, and as well as books, there are some Natural Specimens including a Dodo Bird (pretty much starting to... 

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Kampa   Prague

Kampa, Prague

 64 Reviews  At two of our stops on the left bank of the river, in the district known as Malá Strana, Franscesco showed us more contemporary art works by the Czech sculptor David Černý (born 1967 in Prague),... 

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Petrin   Prague

Petrin, Prague

 74 Reviews  Petrin is a forested hill on the left bank of the river which is a popular area for both locals and tourists to quickly get away from the busy city and polluted air. The easiest way to get up is the... 

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Lesser Town   Prague

Lesser Town, Prague

 95 Reviews  The Lesser Town or Little Side or "Small Town" or maybe any other adjective that means less or small --- as opposed to the Old Town is actually the other side of the Charles Bridge. This part of the... 

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It cuts like a knife

by Zajem

I've known this place for few years already, but haven't been for lunch there yet nor inside for browsing this building, which is according to me, very interesting architecture. This red building completed in 2003 is a part of the River city complex still being built on the right bank of the Vltava river in the city section Prague-Karlin. It was built for incoming offices and you can find a restaurant and cafe on the ground floor of this red cube. The shape of this building is a cube with its ground plan of triangle with its glassed-in roof and southern wall. When you stand in the front of its sharp angle, it may seems to you like an edge of knife. The space can be rented also for various firm or privat parties and it placed in about 1000 people. The map, where you will find the Danube House

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The astronomical clock in Old town

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Mikulas of Kadan made the astronomical clock in 1410 year and it was placed on the southern side of the Oldtown hall tower and master Hanus of Rose improved the clock in the end of the 15th century. According to a story of Jirasek, it was Hanus, who completed the clock. Then councils had him blind, so he wouldn’t able to make a copy. Then Hanus revenged by stopping the machine. The astronomic clock, in the reality, stopped in year 1865 but it threatened with taking off. Fortunately, Prague’s watchmaker Ludvik Hainz was able to repair the mechanism and he and his sons became to be its porters.The astronomical clock has three parts. There are mechanic figures in the highest part. Each hour you can see 12 apostles following one another - 6 of them in left and the same amount of apostles in the right window. Each of apostles has his attribute.St. Peter holding a key is coming as the first...

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The astronomical clock - II.

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They were placed by wooden statues of apostles, made by Vojtech Sucharda in 1948.While the apostles are gong around, the figures on the sides are moving at the same time. Skeleton is pulling the rope and initializes the moving of the apostles by belling. He is swinging on Turk – the allegory of Delight, who tells “no” by moving his head. The miser – the allegory of Misery, noddles his head with a pocket in his hand and flourishes with a stick. Coxcomb , the allegory of Vanity is looking at himself in the mirror.When the windows close, the cock will crow. He wakes up to another new hour in live and the tower clock starts to beat.There are fixed wooden stationary statues at the level of calendar board. Their names are philosopher – allegory of Physiology with a chatterer, gastronomist – the allegory of Astronomy with a telescope, historian – the allegory of Rhetoric with a book and...

Rivercruise to Troja

by Kimv

If you want to see Praha from another angle, and do something romantic and fun, try rivercruise to Troja. If you use Prazska paroplavebni spolecnost ships it's not even expensive. One way ticket is 100Kc/person. Back to city center you could come by bus 112 and metro from Nadrazi holesovice. On board there is bar and you could drink beer, Smirnoff ice or drinks if you are thirsty. When you arrive to Troja area you could go to Troja chateau, Praha zoo or botanical gardens. If you are lookin' nice restaurant try Svata klara. It's quite expensive, but is located in real cave. Nice experience.

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Old town hall

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During its existence, the town hall came through all types of movements. Now the building of the town hall contains of four houses of various times,that gradualy were connected one to another. The main houses, being as the first of those houses ever, are situated in the romans cellars (last part of your sight-seeing tour) these days. But prevalent movements in the interuers and exteruers is gothic. The corner gothic house Wolfina of Kamen is by the skeleton of the town hall from the end of 13th century. Later there was added 69,5 m / 228ft-high tower,finished in 1364, and the astronomic clock on the tower south wall. The chapel with its reach decorated oriel window was buit in in the body of the tower and admited to holy orders in 1381 and it survives until today. Above the entrance to the chapel, you can see the shield - the wreath held by two kingfishers and with "E" letter as known...

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Jewish cemetry

by ChristaV

Old Jewish Cemetery). This unforgettably melancholy sight not far from the busy city was, from the 15th century to 1787, the final resting place for all Jews living in Prague. The confined space forced graves to be piled one on top of the other. Tilted at crazy angles, the 12,000 visible tombstones are but a fraction of countless thousands more buried below. Walk the path amid the gravestones; the relief symbols you see represent the names and professions of the deceased. The oldest marked grave belongs to the poet Avigdor Kara, who died in 1439; the grave is not accessible from the pathway, but the original tombstone can be seen in the Maisel Synagogue. The best-known marker is that of Jehuda ben Bezalel, the famed Rabbi Loew (died 1609), a chief rabbi of Prague and profound scholar who is credited with creating the mythical Golem. Even today, small scraps of paper bearing wishes are...

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Claus Synagoge

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In the Ghetto next to the cemetry, you will find this Baroque synagogue was completed in 1694. They house a good exhibition of Hebrew prints and manuscripts, an exhibition of Jewish traditions and customs and also drawings of children from the Terezín concentration camp .

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Maizel Synagoge

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In the Ghetto area you will find this synagoge. From what I have read in books, a man by the name of Mordechai Maisel was the leader of Prague Jewish community. He was the richest Prague citizen in the 16 th century, and used to lend money even to Emperor Rudolph II. Maisel had done a lot to improve life in Prague Jewish ghetto. He had the streets paved, a poor-house built and many other things done. The Maisel Synagogue was built as his private synagogue, approved by Rudolph II. An exhibition of the Jewish Museum in Prague is situated there nowadays.

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Jewish Cemetry

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If you take a day tour, you will probably land here, but it is within walking distance of the other site seeing places and you can do it on your own. The Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague – “Beth Chaim” (House of Life) – is the second oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe. The cemetery was founded in the 15 th century, and the oldest existing gravestone is dated 23 rd April 1439. It is an amazing site to see the approximately 20 000 gravestones pressed against each other and variously inclined. It is because of the lack of space in the Old Jewish Cemetery: during the centuries, the graves had to be put one on another, somewhere even 12 layers.

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Ghetto

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I loved the Ghetto area with its lovely buildings and the old church. It is so full of history, a must see. The former Jewish Ghetto in Prague has a long history, going back to the 12 th century. When visiting the area, you will find the oldest still existing synagogue in Europe – the Old-New Synagogue – and the Old Jewish Cemetery from the 15 th century. Several other historical buildings are preserved in this quarter, which is called Josefov at the present time. You can either take a tour through the area and learn more about the history, or just do it by yourself, walk around and discover the interesting places.

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Aria Hotel  Prague

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Hotel Le Palais  Prague

 5 Reviews and 400 Opinions  The hotel provides de-luxe accommodation, with large rooms, decorated and furnished in old style,... 

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