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Nostice Palace
Nostice Palace is a beautiful building located on the Maltese Square in the historic district of Prague's Mala Strana. The construction of this magnificent palace by the architect Francesco Caratti was commissioned by the family of Count Nostitz, a very famous patron at the time.
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Church and monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary of the Snows
The Church and Monastery of the Virgin Mary of the Snows is one of the largest medieval buildings in Prague's New Town. By founding the church and monastery, the Czech king (and later the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) Charles IV wanted to emphasize the proximity of this building to Rome.
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Adria Palace
The palace, built in 1923-1924 by order of the insurance company "Riunione Adriatica di Sicurt? ", Is an outstanding architectural structure. The building consists of three underground and eight ground floors and is made in the style of Rondocubism.
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Hussite Church in Dewitz
The huge Hussite Church in Dewitz is located on Wutzerl Street. The facade of the church, whose height together with the tower is 42 meters, impresses with its monumentality.
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Legion Bridge
The stone bridge was built in 1898-1901 according to the design of Antonin Bolshanek on the site of the old chain bridge of Franz Joseph I. Material - granite and sandstone.
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Monument to Franz Kafti
One of Prague's monuments to the famous twentieth-century writer Franz Kafza is located near his birthplace, between the Prague Jewish Museum and the Church of the Holy Spirit.
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Church of St. Jan Nepomukski on Skalka
If you go south of Charles Square directly on Visegrad Street, you can go to the majestic church - the Church of St. John of Nepomuk. The church is rightly considered the best work of architect Kilian Ignac Dintzenhofer.
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Faust's house
There are many hypotheses as to why the house is called Faustian. According to legend, it was in this house that the scientist and sorcerer Johann Faust signed his contract, hence Mephistopheles sent the doctor to hell and did so with such force that he punched a hole in the ceiling.
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Church of St. Wenceslas on Zderaz
In Prague, at the corner of the present Resslova and Dietrich Streets, stands a church on a rock, in the image of which three architectural styles have stood out. It is named after St.
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Monument to the legionnaires of the First World War
The monument "Prague to its victorious sons" by sculptor Josef Marzatka was inaugurated on October 28.1932. The lower part of the 16-meter-high granite obelisk is covered by seven figures of legionnaires and a female figure - an allegory of the city of Prague, which adorns the flag with a linden bra...
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Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Victorious
On Carmelitska Street there is an outstanding architectural monument that reflects the medieval spirit of Prague. Thousands of pilgrims from all over the world flock here to pray and worship the sacred figure of Christ kept in the Church of the Virgin Mary the Victorious.
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Chekhov Bridge
Ten bridges have been built across the Vltava River in the Czech capital. The shortest among them is the Chekhov Bridge (? Ech? V most): only 170 meters long and 16 meters wide.
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Monument to František Palacký
14 sculptors took part in the competition for the monument to one of the leaders of the Czech Renaissance, Františ ek Palacký , which was announced in 1897. On the centenary of Palatsky's birth in 1898, the first stone was laid, but the results of the competition were summed up only in 190...
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Rotunda of the Holy Cross
The first written mention of the building dates back to 1365, when the rotunda was a parish church. But the building itself is much older and dates back to 1125. It was built on an important trade route that led from Visegrad to the Vltava crossing.
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Emmaus Monastery
If you look at the building from the Vltava River, you can easily recognize the Emmaus Monastery by its two sharp spiers that rise from its roof like wings. They immediately draw attention to their inconsistency with the Prague classics of the walls and foundation of the temple.
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John Lennon Wall
Lennon's Wall is a fence of the Maltese Garden in Prague's Mala Strana district. Since the 1970s, there has been a tradition of painting and painting the wall with pictures in honor of musician John Lennon.
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Cranner Fountain
The Kranner Fountain is located in a small park on the Smetana embankment. This is a 22-meter monument to Emperor Francis I (1768-1835) combined with a fountain. At the time of its creation, the tallest monument in Prague.
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Chronicle of Queen Anne
The Queen Anne's Summer Palace is located in the Royal Garden near Prague Castle. This building, often called the Belvedere by locals, is considered one of the best examples of Renaissance architecture in the Czech Republic.
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Horse Garden
Near the upper pond in the garden my attention was drawn to a very unusual column. As it turned out, it has been known since 1686. The column was commissioned by the Old Town Councilor Jiri Jan Reisman.
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Celetna Street
A wide pedestrian street starts from the Old Town Square and leads to the Powder Tower. There are many shops, cafes and restaurants, there are several museums - wax figures, chocolate, torture, cubism.
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Clementinum
Clementinum is a complex of baroque buildings, which once housed the Jesuit College, and now houses the National Library of the Czech Republic. The complex is located on a large area and is limited to the streets of Charles, Seminarskaya, Crusaders, Platnerzhskaya and Marianskaya Square.
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Joseph
The name of the Jewish quarter of Josefov comes from the name of Emperor Joseph II, whose reforms improved the living conditions of Jews in Prague. The quarter is located between the right bank of the Vltava and the Old Town Square.
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Hradčany Square
One of the most popular tourist locations. An elongated square with a square in the middle is surrounded by palaces that once belonged to the richest families in Bohemia.
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Camp Island
This territory is separated from Malaya Strana by the ancient Chortivka canal, about 900 meters long. The name of the island is probably preserved from the Spanish soldiers who stood here in the 17th century camp (acampar in Spanish and means "camp").
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Camp Museum
The Kampa Museum opened in Prague in 2003 and was delayed for almost a year due to severe flooding in August. It occupies the recently renovated Owl Mills building. After the reconstruction, modern architectural elements were added to the historical part dating back to the 14th century, which revive...
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