Prague: attractions

Prague castle

The Prague Palace grew and gradually gained its present appearance from the time of its founding in the late 9th century.

Old Town square

The most significant square of historical Prague. It originated in the 12th century and since then witnessed many events.

Bethlehem Chapel

Founded in 1391 for sermons in the Czech language. Master Jan Hus preached there between 1402 – 1412. In 1661 altered to a catholic church by Jesuits. In 1786 it was pulled down. In the years 1950 – 1952 a replica of the original chapel was erected on the site (architect J. Fragner).

Black Madonna House

Permanent exhibition Czech cubism (painting, sculpture, applied art, architecture) is located in the most prominent cubistic building of Prague built by the architect J. Gocár in the early 20th century.

Charles bridge

The oldest Prague bridge built in the place of the Judita's Bridge that had been badly damaged by a flood in 1342. The Stone or Prague Bridge since 1870 called Charles Bridge, was founded by Charles IV in the year 1357.

Municipal House

An Art Nouveau building constructed in 1905 – 1911 (A. Balsanek, O. Polivka) on the spot of the former king´s court, a seat of the kings of Bohemia from the end of the 14th century till 1438.

Old Jewish Cemetery

stablished in the mid-15th century it served as a burial site till 1787. Among 12 000 gothic, renaisance and baroque tombstones are also those of Rabbi Jehuda Löw (1609) and Mordechai Maisel (1601).

St.Nicholas Church

One of the most valuable buildings of the „Prague Baroque“ period with a dominant dome and the belfry.

Veletržní palác

The permanent exhibition of 19th, 20th and 21st century art on three floors of Veletržní palác acquaints visitors with the development of Czech and foreign fine art during the course of the last two centuries.

Sazka Arena

SAZKA ARENA is the most modern multipurpose venue for sports, culture, entertainment, exhibits, fairs, and other events in Europe, featuring the most advanced technology, universal usage, sophisticated marketing, comfort and all-embracing services for spectators and visitors.

Zizkov Tv tower

Žižkov television tower, the highest tower in the Czech Republic was completed in 1992, from the observation tower the visitors can admire the fascinating panorama of Prague.

National Muzeum

The largest and oldest Czech museum founded in 1818 is housed in a monumental neo-renaissance building from the years 1885 – 1890 that dominates the Wenceslas Square.

Vysehrad

Ancient legends situate the original seat of the Czech princes – the legendary Princess Libuse and the first Przemyslides – on the hill.

Carolinum

Since the 14th century this extensive block of buildings houses Charles University – the oldest university in the Central Europe.

Wenceslas square

Prague´s fashi­onable shopping and entertainment boulevard, lined with majestic Art Nouveau facades.

Golden Lane

Small houses built in the gothic fortification, the 16th century homes of castle riflemen and craftsmen. In 1916 – 1917 Franz Kafka used to work in No. 22.