Designed by Viennese court architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in 1713, the Clam-Gallas Palace is one of the most extravagantly baroque buildings in Prague, decorated with sculptures and frescoes depicting scenes of ancient mythology. The 1st floor houses exhibitions staged by the Prague City Archives, while the courtyard and Marble Hall (visited by Mozart and Beethoven) host performances by Opera Barocca.
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Built over a time span of almost 600 years, St Vitus is one of the most richly endowed cathedrals in central Europe. It is pivotal to the religious and鈥
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Strolling across Charles Bridge is everybody鈥檚 favourite Prague activity. However, by 9am it鈥檚 a 500m-long fairground, with an army of tourists squeezing鈥
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Prague鈥檚 most popular attraction. Looming above the Vltava's left bank, its serried ranks of spires, towers and palaces dominate the city centre like a鈥
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This museum consists of six Jewish monuments clustered together in Josefov: the Maisel Synagogue; the Pinkas Synagogue; the Spanish Synagogue; the Klaus鈥
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Strahov Library is the largest monastic library in the country, with two magnificent baroque halls dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. You can peek鈥
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Prague鈥檚 most exuberantly art-nouveau building is a labour of love, with every detail of its design and decoration carefully considered, and every鈥
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While this monument's massive functionalist structure has all the elegance of a nuclear power station, the interior is a spectacular extravaganza of鈥
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More a broad boulevard than a typical European city square, Wenceslas Square has witnessed a great deal of Czech history 鈥 a giant Mass was held here鈥
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The second-largest toy museum in the world houses an amazing collection put together by film-maker Ivan Steiger. Newly renovated, it's an Aladdin's Cave鈥
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The most colourful facade on Little Sq (Mal茅 n谩m臎st铆) is the 1890 VJ Rott Building, decorated with wall paintings by Mikul谩拧 Ale拧. It now houses the鈥
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This chapel dates from the 1720s and is an ornate confection of gilded stucco, marbled columns, fancy frescoes and ceiling mirrors 鈥 think baroque on鈥
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The Church of St Clement, lavishly redecorated in the baroque style from 1711 to 1715 to plans by Kilian Dientzenhofer, is now a Greek Catholic chapel鈥
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The most overlooked of central Prague's attractions, the Klementinum is a vast complex of beautiful baroque and rococo halls, now mostly occupied by the鈥
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Prague鈥檚 Old Town Hall, founded in 1338, is a hotchpotch of medieval buildings acquired piecemeal over the centuries, presided over by a tall Gothic tower鈥
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The clue is in the name: at the Art Gallery for Children the kids not only get to look at art, but make it, add to it and alter it. There are paints and鈥
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The baroque wedding cake in the northwestern corner of Old Town Square is the Church of St Nicholas, built in the 1730s by Kilian Dientzenhofer (not to be鈥