Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Prague, Czechia

The Orionka Memorial Trolleybus Stop is a memorial located in Prague 10 in Vinohrady on U Orionky Square, in the immediate vicinity of the former Královské Vinohrady depot. It is located in a loop from which the last trolleybus left in 1972 before this type of public transport was cancelled in Prague.

Wikipedia: Pamětní trolejbusová zastávka Orionka (CS)

Šaloun Villa is a studio in Prague designed by and for the sculptor Ladislav Šaloun. The villa was designed and built to construct the Jan Hus Memorial but it was also a meeting place for the Czech intelligentsia. Today the building has been restored and it is used for education.

Wikipedia: Šaloun Villa (EN)

The Church of Saint Nicholas is a church in Vršovice in Prague 10. There has been a church here since at least the 11th century, although this building with its neo-gothic façade was built in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Wikipedia: St. Nicholas Church (Vršovice) (EN)

The Hus' House or Husův sbor is a Hussite church in the Vršovice area of Prague. This building was one of the first buildings in Prague built from pre-stressed concrete and brick panels. It was built in less than a year and includes a "lighthouse" tower topped with symbol of Hussite church, a chalice and a cross.

Wikipedia: Hus' House (Vršovice) (EN), Website

Divadlo na Fidlovačce is a private theatre based in Prague.

Wikipedia: Divadlo na Fidlovačce (EN), Website

The Chapel of the Holy Family is located in Prague's Vinohrady district in Pod Nuselských schody Street. It was founded in 1755 by a Prague burgher and magistrate Karel Leopold Bepta, who also bequeathed his fortune to it as a vineyard chapel on the grounds of a homestead later called Vondračka. Bepta had the chapel founded here, supposedly because the people working on his land were "a mischievous and very loose bunch" and the opportunity to attend services in the chapel was supposed to help them get back on track.

Wikipedia: Kaple svaté Rodiny (Praha) (CS)

The Goddess 390 km per hour was a statue located on the Charles Bridgehead near the Nusle Bridge in New Town in Prague 2.

Wikipedia: Bohyně 390 km v hodině (CS)

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great is located in the Karlov area of Prague. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt and augmented in baroque style. The church is a part of the former convent of the Augustinian Order in Prague's Karlov.

Wikipedia: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great, Prague (EN), Heritage Website

By Choice – Memento mori is a monument in Prague's Folimanka Park, which is dedicated to the memory of people who voluntarily ended their lives by jumping from the Nusle Bridge. The monument was designed and created by sculptor Krištof Kintera. It consists of a ten-metre-high street lamp, the light of which is directed upwards towards the bridge. On the lamp post, at about the level of human eyes, there is a riveted sign with the inscription "Memento mori – to those who took their own lives in these places of their own accord." Originally, the sign was supposed to indicate the number of people who died under the bridge, but since the exact number is unknown, this plan was abandoned.

Wikipedia: Z vlastního rozhodnutí – Memento mori (CS)

Prague Congress Centre, originally Palace of culture Prague, is a large neofunctionalist building in Czech Republic capital Prague 4 district Nusle, located on the edge of Nusle Valley, near to the Nusle Bridge and Prague Metro C station Vyšehrad. There are 70 halls, lounges and meeting rooms of various sizes in this building, with total capacity of 9,300 people.

Wikipedia: Prague Congress Centre (EN), Website

The Tábor Gate is a late Renaissance gate in Prague's Vyšehrad district. It is located in the south-eastern part of the Vyšehrad forward fortifications. The gate is entered from the southeast, from Nusle, or Pankrác, from V pevnosti Street, which is connected to Na Pankráci Street.

Wikipedia: Táborská brána (CS)

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Podolí is a Roman Catholic parish church, originally a late Romanesque building from the beginning of the 13th century with a wooden Baroque bell tower standing nearby. It acquired its pseudo-Romanesque appearance at the end of the 19th century. It is located in Pod Vyšehradem Street in Prague 4-Podolí.

Wikipedia: Kostel svatého Michaela archanděla (Podolí) (CS)

The Špička Gate is a partially preserved Gothic gate located in the former fortifications of Prague's Vyšehrad.

Wikipedia: Špička (brána) (CS)

The Rotunda of St. Martin is located at Vyšehrad and is the oldest preserved rotunda in Prague. From its construction to the present day, the building has undergone many changes, both architecturally and in the way it is used. The rotunda was built in the Romanesque style, and thanks to later reconstructions, this style was preserved through re-Romanization. The current owner is the Vyšehrad Chapter, masses are regularly held in the rotunda and it is possible to look inside by appointment.

Wikipedia: Rotunda svatého Martina (Vyšehrad) (CS)

Leopold's Gate is an early Baroque gate in Prague's Vyšehrad district. It is located in V pevnosti Street, it is part of the Vyšehrad citadel. The gate was built between 1653 and 1672, the exact year of the start and completion of the construction is unknown. It was probably built according to the architectural design of Carlo Lurago, whose drawing of the building has been preserved. The Leopold Gate forms the entrance to the inner Vyšehrad fortress. Although it was part of a fortification system by architect Giuseppe Priami, it never served a military purpose. It has been functionally used since the middle of the 19th century, when a road between the New Town and Pankrác was built through Vyšehrad.

Wikipedia: Leopoldova brána (CS)

The Statue of Saint Procopius is installed in a niche of the wall of the homestead K rotundě 16/3 at Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Statue of Saint Procopius (Vyšehrad) (EN)

Vyšehrad is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was probably built in the 10th century. Inside the fort are the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul and the Vyšehrad Cemetery, containing the remains of many famous Czechs, such as Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Karel Čapek, and Alphonse Mucha. It also contains Prague's oldest Rotunda of St. Martin, from the 11th century.

Wikipedia: Statue of Mikuláš Karlach (EN)

The statue of John of Nepomuk is installed at Vyšehrad in Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Statue of John of Nepomuk, Vyšehrad (EN)

Devil's Column is a formation of three stone columns, located in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Devil's Column (EN)

Slavín is a tomb at the Vyšehrad Cemetery in Prague. Many notable Czech personalities are interred in the tomb.

Wikipedia: Slavín (Prague) (EN)

Gorlice is an underground hall in casemates inside the walls of Prague's Vyšehrad. It is located in the northeastern, 33rd bastion, to the east of the Brick Gate. The hall is vaulted with a barrel vault 13 meters high and has an area of about 330 m². Originally, it served as a gathering place for troops and a warehouse for supplies and ammunition. Gorlice was opened to the public after reconstruction in the 1990s. The space is used for exhibitions and theatre performances.

Wikipedia: Gorlice (Vyšehrad) (CS), Website

The Brick Gate, also known as the New Gate, is an Empire gate in Vyšehrad, Prague. It is located in the northern part of the Vyšehrad fortifications and provides access to the citadel from the north, from the New Town. From the New Town, access to the gate is from Vratislavova Street, which is connected to V Pevnosti Street at Vyšehrad.

Wikipedia: Cihelná brána (CS)

The statue of Saint Wenceslas is an outdoor sculpture by Johann-Georg Bendl from 1680, installed at Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic. The statue formerly stood in the middle of Wenceslas Square, near Grandhotel Evropa, but was moved to Vyšehrad in 1879.

Wikipedia: Statue of Saint Wenceslas (Bendl) (EN)

The bust of Václav Štulc is installed at Štulcovy sady in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Bust of Václav Štulc (EN)

The Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul is a neo-Gothic church in Vyšehrad fortress in Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Prague (EN), Heritage Website

The statue of Saint Sebastian is installed at Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Statue of Saint Sebastian (Vyšehrad) (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Prague (EN)