Lány Castle – the Residence of President
Just a short distance west of Prague (you can get there by bus from the Zličín metro station in half an hour),...
The Successor’s Defiant Love for the Beautiful Sophie and Their Deaths...
"So they've killed our Ferdinand," said the charwoman to Mr. Schweik who, having left the army many years before, when a military...
A Great Love Story, The Singing Fountain, and Queen Anne’s Summer...
In March 1509,
the not even three-year-old Louis Jagiellon was crowned King of Bohemia. When
the golden St. Wenceslas diadem was placed on the...
Formerly, It Was a Backyard for Chickens and Pigs; Today, the...
The Church of
Our Lady before Týn, on Old Town Square, the counterbalance of the dominating
Town Hall with the astronomical clock, is the...
Meditation Garden, 27 Executed, and State Bankruptcy in 1623
Oasis in the Beating Heart of the City
If you walk down
Nerudova Street from the Castle and turn...
The Mirror Chapel and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
If you walk along the Charles Bridge from the Lesser Town to the Old Town and then on to the Old Town...
Ocean Liner Over the Rooftops of Wenceslas Square
Let's be honest - anyone who hasn't spent at least one evening in the Great Hall of the Lucerna Palace can't say...
About the Church, Which is Really Huge Because Too Much Money...
To put it simply - in 863, the brothers Cyril and Methodius of Thessaloniki came to Moravia to spread Christianity and education....
About a Severed Hand and a Dead Painter
And the prayers worked. His wife and children died of the plague, but the painter was still painting. However, when he finished the painting, he fell dead to the ground and his soul went straight to heaven.
Church of St. Martin in the Wall and Two Legends
On the roof of the Church of St. Martin in the wall is a gargoyle - a figure of a little boy....
Municipal House
The Municipal
House is today one of the most monumental Art Nouveau monuments in Prague. The
King's Court, the seat of the Czech monarch,...
Powder Gate Tower
The Gothic
Powder Tower is the beginning of the Royal Route leading to Prague Castle. The
coronation processions of the Czech kings used to...
New Town Hall
In March 1348, King Charles IV issued the founding charter of the New Town of Prague. It was to include three market...
Victory Column
Right next to the St. Vitus Cathedral, in
the third courtyard of Prague Castle, is a tall granite column - a truncated
pyramid with...
The Břevnov Monastery
In context with the Battle of White Mountain and the Hvězda Game Reserve, it is worth mentioning that...
Gingerbread Nativity Scene in the Church of St. Matthew (“U Matěje”)
About the fact that you can see a freshly baked gingerbread nativity scene with hundreds of figures every year at the Church of Matthew ("U Matěje").
