The first World’s Fair after the World War II took place in Brussels in 1958. The winner of this “cultural Olympic Games” was Czechoslovakia, which won the main prize The…
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The park in Letná is the second largest park in Prague 7. A public park was founded there at the second half of the 19th century according to the design…
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The beginnings of theatre in Bohemia date back to the 12th century, when church environment theatre started to appear based on liturgical ceremonies during the church life (Easter or Christmas…
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For many inhabitants of Prague, Wenceslas Square (originally called the Horse Market) is a synonym of Prague and the core of the capital. It is a boulevard in the New…
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The Old Town Square – the oldest and the most important square of historic Prague – formed as early as from the 10th century as a marketplace at the crossroads…
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The Astronomical Clock of the Old Town or the Astronomical Clock of Prague is a medieval astronomical clock mounted on the southern wall of the Old Town Hall in Prague.…
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There was an old Romanesque church as early as in the 11th century. It was an infirmary church for foreign merchants coming to Ungelt. In the middle of the 14th…
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Josefov is a quarter of Prague situated in a bending of the Vltava River and surrounded by the Old Town. There was a Jewish town since the Middle Ages, but…
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Chapel Sacré Coeur is situated at the place of the former convent by the Church of Jesus Christ. It was deconsecrated in 1924 and today it is an extraordinary space…
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Smíchov is a quarter of Prague on the left bank of the Vltava River belonging to the Borough of Prague 5. It also includes a large Vltava island called Císařská…
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Žižkov Television Tower is one of the landmarks of Prague and, at the same time, the tallest construction in the city – it contains the highest-positioned stable point in the…
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At present, the monument is a museum of modern history with a multimedia exposition. Underground there is an exposition called The Laboratory of Power. The underground space was built in…
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Karlín (Karolinenthal in German) was founded in 1817 and named in honour of Karolína Augusta, the wife of Emperor Franz I. Before that there was a lodging house for disabled…
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Žižkov is a quarter situated east from the city centre. Žižkov, a bohemian quarter full of nightlife, cafés, bars and artists, lies on a natural elevation, therefore local streets are…
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The municipal Rieger Park is situated in Vinohrady, a quarter of Prague, and has an area of 11 hectares. This park, named after an important Czech politician, belongs to the…
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