Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Prague, Czechia
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12.1 km
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Experience Prague in Czechia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in PragueIndividual Sights in PragueSight 1: Saints Cyril and Methodius
Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius is a Roman Catholic church in the Karlín district of Prague, Czech Republic. It belongs to the largest religious buildings in the Czech Republic. It was constructed in the mid-19th century and it remains one of the most important architectural landmarks from the period of historicism in the country.
Wikipedia: Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Karlín) (EN)
Sight 2: Karlínská synagoga
The Karlín Synagogue is a former Jewish house of prayer in Prague 8-Karlín. It was built in the Neo-Romanesque style in 1861. It is located in Vítkova Street.
Sight 3: City of Prague museum - main building
The Prague City Museum is a museum serving the capital region of Prague. Its responsibilities include the management and presentation of collections documenting Prague’s past, as well as research into the history of the Czech capital and its presentation to the general public. The main museum building is located in Prague at Florenc (Prague 8, Nové Město, Na Poříčí 1554/52.
Sight 4: Army Museum Žižkov
The Army Museum Žižkov is part of the Military History Institute in Prague. It is located in Prague's Žižkov district in the historical buildings of the Liberation Memorial.
Sight 5: Divadlo Ponec
The Ponec Theatre in Žižkov in Prague 3 is a stage for modern dance and movement theatre. It is operated by the civic association Tanec Praha.
Sight 6: Sbratření
Brotherhood is a sculpture by the Czech artist Karel Pokorný (1891-1962), which became the basis for monuments of the Prague Offensive during World War II. There are such monuments in Prague, Česká Třebová, Saint Petersburg and the Crimea. The sculpture depicts the meeting of a Soviet Red Army soldier and a Czech militiaman in May 1945. Art critics evaluate Brotherhood as one of the best works of socialist realism. This sculpture gained popularity and became a symbol of friendship between the peoples of Russia and Czechoslovakia. Its image was used on stamps, coins, banknotes, etc.
Sight 7: Museum of Communism
The Museum of Communism, located at V Celnici 4 in Prague, Czech Republic, is a museum dedicated to presenting an account of the post–World War II communist regime in Czechoslovakia, with a focus on Prague.
Wikipedia: Museum of Communism, Czech Republic (EN), Website
Sight 8: Divadlo Ungelt
The Ungelt Theater is a private theater scene in Prague in the Old Town in Týn with an auditorium for less than a hundred spectators.
Sight 9: Týnská škola
The Týn School was a parish secondary school attached to the Church of Our Lady before Týn and a residential house. Two of its houses, joined into one No. 604/I, have been preserved at Old Town Square 14, on the corner of Týnská Street 2, in front of the Church of Our Lady before Týn.
Sight 10: U Bílého jednorožce
The House at the White Unicorn, also called the Trčkovský House, is originally a Renaissance burgher house in Prague 1 in the Old Town at Old Town Square 15, modified in 1770 in the late Baroque style. The three-storey house No. 603/I with an arcade has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964.
Sight 11: U Kamenného beránka
The House at the Stone Lamb in Prague is a historic building on the Old Town Square No. 551/17 in the Prague 1-Old Town district. It has been a cultural monument since 1964.
Sight 12: Prague Meridian
The Prague meridian passes through the Old Town Square in Prague. Historically, it was defined by the shadow of the Marian Column at high noon.
Sight 13: Jan Hus Memorial
The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square, Prague in the Czech Republic. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years after Hus in the wake of the lost Battle of the White Mountain during the Thirty Years' War, and a young mother who symbolises national rebirth.
Sight 14: Old Town City Hall
The Old Town Hall in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, is one of the city's most visited monuments. It is located in Old Town Square.
Sight 15: svatý Michael archanděl
Church of Saint Michael the Archangel is a church situated in Prague, Czech Republic. It was built in Romanesque and Gothic style and later rebuilt in Baroque style. The priest and church reformer Jan Hus celebrated masses in the church. The church and adjacent monastery were disestablished during the reforms of the Emperor Joseph II in the 18th century. Later, the buildings served as a warehouse. In the crypt, there are buried rectors of the Prague's University.
Wikipedia: Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Prague (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 16: medieval bridge
The bridge can be: bridge (building) - small bridge Ship bridge - sign of command station on boat ski jump - sports equipment or construction for ski jumps Skokan bridge (aviation) - superstructure on an aircraft carrier for take -off with the help of the STOBAR method dental bridge - type of dental prosthesis Measuring bridge - electrical circuit used to accurately measure quantities: Wheatstone bridge - to measure electric resistance De Saauty bridge - to measure electrical capacity Thomson bridge - for measuring very small electrical resistors donkey bridge - verbal or rhetorical turnover more or less appropriately connecting two different topics Redirement bridge - electrical circuit used to rectify the AC current to DC current - bridge rectifier name bridge - street in the center of Prague, connected to the lower part of Wenceslas Square Bridge - the area of the junction of the street Na Můstek, Wenceslas Square and Na Příkopě Street Bridge - Prague metro station Bridge (Šumava) - Šumavská hora, the highest peak of the armor back N-D-S 72 Bridge-Infantry Srub
Sight 17: Franz Kafka
Book Ticket*The Head of Franz Kafka, also known as the Statue of Kafka, is an outdoor kinetic sculpture by David Černý depicting Bohemian German-language writer Franz Kafka, installed on 31. October 2014 outside of the Quadrio shopping mall in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 18: Schirdingovský palác
The Schirding Palace, also known as Kaňka's House, is a Classicist building on the corner of Národní třída No. 16 and Mikulandská Street, in the New Town, No. 118/II, Prague 1. It is protected as an immovable cultural monument.
Sight 19: Theatre on the Balustrade
The Theatre on the Balustrade is situated in Prague, Czech Republic.
Sight 20: svatý Kříž Menší
Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross is a Romanesque rotunda in Prague 1, Old Town quarter, on the crossing of Konviktská and Karolíny Světlé street. Its founding is considered after 1125.
Wikipedia: Rotunda of the Finding of the Holy Cross (EN), Heritage Website
Sight 21: Ditrichštejnský palác
The Dietrichstein Palace, also known as the Walter Palace, is a neo-Baroque palace that houses the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See. It is located in Voršilská Street No. 140/12 in New Town in Prague 1. It is protected as a cultural monument.
Sight 22: Historic Centre of Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.4 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.
Sight 23: Žofín Palace
Žofín Palace is a Neo-Renaissance building in Prague, in the Czech Republic. It is a cultural centre, a venue for concerts, balls, conferences and exhibitions.
Wikipedia: Žofín Palace (EN), Website, Website En, Website Cs
Sight 24: svatý Jan Křtitel Na prádle
The Church of John the Baptist Na Prádle is a Romanesque-Gothic church first mentioned in 1142 in the southern part of the Lesser Town in Prague 1, in the lap of Říční and Všehrdova Streets, near the Devil's Stream and Kampa Island. The church is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The name reminds us that the church served as a laundry after its abolition. Today it serves as a parish church of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.
Wikipedia: Kostel Jana Křtitele Na Prádle (CS), Heritage Website
Sight 25: Divadlo Kampa
The Kampa Theatre, formerly the Small Nostic Theatre, is a small theatre scene in Prague 1 in the Lesser Town. The theatre was founded in 2010. It is located in the area of the Michna of Vacínov Palace in Nosticova Street No. 634/2a. The director of the Kampa Theatre has been Iveta Dušková since 2014.
Sight 26: Nosticova zahrada
The Nostic Garden is a small garden near Maltese Square, in the vicinity of Kampa in Prague 1. Together with the Nostitz Palace, it is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
Sight 27: Chotkovský palác
Chotek Palace, Chotek Palace or Burgher House At the Golden Pelican is an Empire palace located at Hellichova 458/1 in the Lesser Town in Prague 1, in the immediate vicinity of the Jan Neruda Grammar School. It is protected as a cultural monument.
Sight 28: Czech Museum of Music
The Czech Museum of Music is a specialized part of the National Museum in Prague, focusing on materials with musical and instrumental themes. It is located in the rebuilt former Church of St. Mary Magdalene at Karmelitská 388/2 and 4, Újezd 388/50, Hellichova 388/10, Malá Strana, Prague 1.
Sight 29: Švanda Theatre
Švanda Theatre in Smíchov is a theatre in Smíchov a suburb of Prague. It continues the long tradition of the previous theatre based in this building and its surroundings.
Sight 30: svatý archanděl Michael
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, also known as the Carpathian Church of St. Michael, etc., is an all-wooden Orthodox, originally Greek-Catholic church of the Lemko type, built in 1625 in the village of Velké Loučky near Mukachevo, in 1793 it was sold and moved to Medvedovce. In 1929, it was dismantled in Carpathian Ruthenia, transported and rebuilt in the Kinsky Garden in Smíchov in Prague 5. On October 28, 2020, the church burned down.
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