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The neo-renaissance building was built between 1876 and 1884. It is a joint work by leading Czech architects of the second half of the 19th century, Josef Zítek (who also…

The Metronome of Prague is a kinetic sculpture by Vratislav Novák, installed at the place of the former Stalin Monument above Čech Bridge in Letná, Prague, in 1991. The author,…

The first World’s Fair after the World War II took place in Brussels in 1958. The winner of this “cultural Olympic Games” was Czechoslovakia, which won the main prize The…

The park in Letná is the second largest park in Prague 7. A public park was founded there at the second half of the 19th century according to the design…

The beginnings of theatre in Bohemia date back to the 12th century, when church environment theatre started to appear based on liturgical ceremonies during the church life (Easter or Christmas…

For many inhabitants of Prague, Wenceslas Square (originally called the Horse Market) is a synonym of Prague and the core of the capital. It is a boulevard in the New…

The Old Town Square – the oldest and the most important square of historic Prague – formed as early as from the 10th century as a marketplace at the crossroads…

The Astronomical Clock of the Old Town or the Astronomical Clock of Prague is a medieval astronomical clock mounted on the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in Prague.…

There was an old Romanesque church as early as in the 11th century. It was an infirmary church for foreign merchants coming to Ungelt. In the middle of the 14th…

Josefov is a quarter of Prague situated in a bending of the Vltava River and surrounded by the Old Town. There was a Jewish town since the Middle Ages, but…

Chapel Sacré Coeur is situated at the place of the former convent by the Church of Jesus Christ. It was deconsecrated in 1924 and today it is an extraordinary space…

Smíchov is a quarter of Prague on the left bank of the Vltava River belonging to the Borough of Prague 5. It also includes a large Vltava island called Císařská…

Žižkov Television Tower is one of the landmarks of Prague and, at the same time, the tallest construction in the city – it contains the highest-positioned stable point in the…

At present, the monument is a museum of modern history with a multimedia exposition. Underground there is an exposition called The Laboratory of Power. The underground space was built in…

Karlín (Karolinenthal in German) was founded in 1817 and named in honour of Karolína Augusta, the wife of Emperor Franz I. Before that there was a lodging house for disabled…