This elegant late-14th-century tower was built not only as a fortification but also as a triumphal arch marking the entrance to the Old Town. Like the bridge itself, it was designed by Peter Parler and incorporates many symbolic elements. Inside is an exhibition about the design and construction of the bridge and tower, including artefacts retrieved by archaelologists from the bed of the river. The main justification for paying the admission fee, however, is the stupendous view from the top.
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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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Founded in the 13th century, the Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star were the guardians of Judith Bridge (and its successor, Charles鈥
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The 17th-century Church of St Francis Seraphinus, its dome decorated with a fresco of the Last Judgment, belongs to the Order of Knights of the Cross, the鈥
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The grand halls of this 18th-century aristocratic palace have been restored and now serve as an exhibition space for the City of Prague Gallery. If the鈥
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When the Jesuits were invited to Prague by the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand I, they selected one of the city鈥檚 choicest pieces of real estate and in 1587鈥
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This small museum is devoted to Bed艡ich Smetana, Bohemia鈥檚 favourite composer. It isn鈥檛 that interesting, unless you鈥檙e a Smetana fan, and has only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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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