© Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0Prague CastleHradčanyPrague Castle stands on a hill above the Vltava in the city’s Hradčany quarter. Founded in the 9th century, it has grown into the largest ancient castle complex in the world. The castle’s walls enclose churches, palaces, halls, towers and gardens built over twelve centuries. The castle has served as the seat of… read moreOpen place1
© VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0National Museum in PraguePrahaThe National Museum stands on Wenceslas Square in central Prague. Its main building, a neo-Renaissance structure completed in 1891, dominates the square and serves as a national landmark. Count Kašpar Maria Šternberg founded the museum in 1818 to house natural and historical collections. Historian František Palacký… read moreOpen place
© Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0VyšehradVyšehradVyšehrad is a historic fort on the east bank of the Vltava in Prague, just over three kilometres southeast of Prague Castle. It stands on a steep rock above the river and was likely founded in the 10th century. Inside the fort are the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul and the Vyšehrad Cemetery, where many famous Czechs… read moreOpen place
© A.Savin · FALPowder TowerPrager AltstadtThe Powder Tower stands in Prague as a Gothic city gate built in 1475. It marks the boundary between the Old Town and the New Town, one of the original 13 gates. The tower was meant to welcome visitors rather than defend the city. Its design followed the style of Peter Parler, the architect behind the Charles Bridge.… read moreOpen place
© Ludek · CC BY-SA 3.0PetřínKleinseitePetřín is a hill in central Prague, rising 130 metres above the Vltava River. The hill is almost entirely covered with parks and serves as a popular recreational area for locals. It appears in Franz Kafka’s early short story and Milan Kundera’s novel. The name Petřín comes from the Latin word for rock, reflecting its… read moreOpen place
© V. Groulík. Original uploader was Marti… · CC BY-SA 3.0Wallenstein PalaceKleinseiteWallenstein Palace stands in Malá Strana, Prague, a Baroque palace built between 1623 and 1630 for Imperial Generalissimo Albrecht von Wallenstein. It replaced 26 houses, six gardens and two brickworks to rival Prague Castle. The palace now houses the Senate of the Czech Republic, while the Riding School serves as a… read moreOpen place
© W.Rebel · CC BY 3.0Kinsky PalacePrager AltstadtKinský Palace stands on Prague’s Old Town Square in the heart of the Old Town quarter. Built between 1755 and 1765 for the Golz family, it was designed by Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer in the Rococo style. The pink-and-white façade is adorned with stucco and statues of classical elements by Ignaz Franz Platzer. In 1768… read moreOpen place
© Hans Peter Schaefer, http://www.reserv-… · CC BY-SA 3.0Old Town HallPrager AltstadtThe Old Town Hall stands in the middle of Old Town Square, Prague’s oldest civic building. It began in 1338 when the town council bought a patrician house and turned it into their meeting place. Over centuries the original structure was absorbed by later additions, leaving only a Gothic stone portal on the west side… read moreOpen place
© VitVit · CC BY-SA 4.0Basilica of St Peter and St PaulVyšehradThe Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul stands on the Vyšehrad hill in Prague, a neo-Gothic collegiate church built between 1887 and 1903. Its twin towers rise 58 metres above the Vltava River, visible from the city centre. The church replaced earlier Romanesque and Gothic structures, including one damaged by fire in… read moreOpen place
© FOTO:Fortepan — ID 7365: Adományozó/Don… · CC BY-SA 3.0Stalin MonumentPrahaThe Stalin Monument once stood in Letná Park, a large green space on a hill above central Prague. It was a massive granite statue of Stalin, the largest representation of him in the world when it was built. The monument was placed on a high concrete pedestal that still remains today. The site overlooks the city’s… read moreOpen place
