Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #9 in Prague, Czechia

Malovanka, originally called Peterka, was a farmstead after which the entire adjacent area of Střešovice, near Petynka in Prague 6 – Břevnov, is named. In the 18th century, the owner of the homestead was Peterka, whose name the homestead used to bear. In that century, there used to be a coachman's inn here. It probably got its name Malovanka from the nearby Strahov Gate, which is said to have been nicely painted.

Wikipedia: Malovanka (CS)

Kučera Palace is a Rococo palace located in Pohořelec Street No. 114/22, Hradčany, Prague 1. It has been protected since 1958 as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Kučerův palác (CS)

The Museum on Miniatures in Prague features a number of miniature works of art, some of them needing to be viewed with a microscope or magnifying device.

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The Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady is a church in the Strahov Monastery, Prague. It was originally constructed as a Romanesque basilica and later rebuilt in Baroque style.

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The Church of the Nativity of Our Lord in Prague-Hradčany is a Baroque church in the area of the Prague Loreto. It is located inside the Loreto courtyard in the vicinity of the central building - the Loreto Chapel of the Virgin Mary.

Wikipedia: Kostel Narození Páně (Praha) (CS)

The Church of Our Lady of the Angels in Prague, also known as the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, is a Capuchin church on Loreto Square in Prague's Hradčany, which is part of the oldest Capuchin monastery in Bohemia.

Wikipedia: Kostel Panny Marie Andělské (Hradčany) (CS), Heritage Website

Francysk Skaryna was a Belarusian humanist, physician, and translator. He is known to be one of the first book printers in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in all of Eastern Europe, laying the groundwork for the development of the Belarusian izvod of the Church Slavonic language.

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The Martinic Palace in Loretánská Street is a two-storey Baroque building located in Prague 1 - Hradčany, Loretánská Street No. 181/4.

Wikipedia: Martinický palác (Loretánská ulice) (CS)

A bronze sculpture of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk is installed at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic.

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The statue of Saint Wenceslas is an outdoor sculpture by Čeněk Vosmík, installed at Hradčany Square near Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic.

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The Kajetan Terrace Garden is located in Malá Strana in Prague 1. The elongated plot of land, demarcated by the Castle Stairs and Nerudova Street, occupies an area of 2085 m² at an altitude of 220 to 240 m above sea level. The entrance to the garden is from the ramp of Prague Castle.

Wikipedia: Kajetánské terasy (CS)

The Theatine Monastery in Prague's Lesser Town is a former convent attached to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Cajetan.

Wikipedia: Klášter theatinů (Praha) (CS)

Wrestling Titans, also known as Fighting Giants and Giants' Gate, is a pair of outdoor sculptures leading to the first courtyard of Prague Castle, in the Czech Republic.

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In the first half of the 20th century, the bear enclosure was located in the north-western part of the Prague Castle complex on the slope of the Deer Moat, approximately below the Masaryk Lookout, built under the northern walls of Prague Castle. To this day, its existence is commemorated by the bearkeeper's house and barred caves, occasionally used as pens.

Wikipedia: Medvědárium (Pražský hrad) (CS)

Hercules is located in the Royal Garden in Prague at Prague Castle. It dates back to 1670 and was created by sculptor Jan Jiří Bendl. The sculpture depicts Hercules fighting the three-headed Cerberus. From its mouth, water gushes into a smaller shell-shaped tank and from there flows into the lower, larger bowl. The fountain is set in a massive, richly decorated niche.

Wikipedia: Herkules (Královská zahrada) (CS)

The fountain with the statue of Hercules is a fountain standing approximately in the middle of the Garden on the Ramparts, in front of the so-called Great Bellevue. It was placed here in 1923, together with the early Baroque statue of Hercules, which was brought here from the fountain in the First Castle Courtyard – it no longer exists. The statue made of Žehrovice sandstone depicts a mythical hero who opens the mouth of a lion, from which a spring of water flows into the reservoir. The reservoir itself, supposedly made of Mšeno sandstone, is decorated with Roman motifs, with the Slovak coat of arms at the front. The fountain was designed by Jože Plečnik.

Wikipedia: Kašna se sochou Herkula (zahrada Na Valech) (CS)

Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Built in the 9th century, the castle has long served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. As such, the term "Prague Castle" or simply the "Castle" or "the Hrad" are often used as metonymy for the president and his staff and advisors. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept within a hidden room inside it.

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The Lobkowicz Palace is a part of the Prague Castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle complex and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum.

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The Old Castle Stairs are a public road, intended only for pedestrians, which connects the Lesser Town district with the eastern part of Prague Castle in the Prague 1 district, with the border between Hradčany and Malá Strana actually running at their upper end on the edge of the observation deck at the eastern gate of Prague Castle.

Wikipedia: Staré zámecké schody (CS)

The Pálffy Garden is located in Prague's Lesser Town below the Castle. In the north, it is adjacent to the Garden on the Ramparts, and in the south, it is connected to the Pálffy Palace. From the west it borders on the Ledebour Garden and on the east with the Kolowrat Garden. It is a Baroque garden founded by Anna Maria von Fürstenberg in 1751. It bears the name of Count Eduard Pálffa of Erdöd, who in 1881 bought the palace now called Pálffyovský. Functionally, it is divided into Small and Large. Today, the garden is part of a paid exhibition of palace gardens. Together with the Pálffy Palace, it is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Pálffyovská zahrada (CS)

The Ledebour Garden is a historical garden in Prague, located in the Lesser Town in the Prague 1 district. It is named after Count Adolf of Ledebour. He acquired the adjacent palace in 1852. The Ledebour Palace was built in 1601 and the garden was founded in 1665 by Jan Václav of Kolowrat.

Wikipedia: Ledeburská zahrada (CS), Website

The Small Fürstenberg Palace is a small building in the late Baroque style at 12 Valdštejnská Street in Prague's Lesser Town. The palace was created by merging older buildings under the Kolowrat Garden and is connected to the rear wing of the Kolowrat Palace. Both palaces are part of the seat of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, which is a national cultural monument. The palace itself has been a protected monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Malý Fürstenberský palác (CS)

The Kolowrat Palace in Valdštejnská Street is a late Baroque palace by Ignác Jan Nepomuk Palliardi in Valdštejnská Street in Prague's Lesser Town. The palace is part of the seat of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and is adjacent to the Small Fürstenberg Palace and the Kolowrat Garden, which is part of the complex of Palace Gardens under Prague Castle. The palace has been a cultural monument since 1964; It is also part of the national cultural monument Seat of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Wikipedia: Kolovratský palác (Praha, Valdštejnská) (CS)

The Kolowrat Palace is a Baroque building on the corner of Thunovská and Sněmovní streets in Prague's Lesser Town. It used to be referred to as the parish of St. Nicholas. The building has been a protected monument since 1964.

Wikipedia: Kolowratský palác (Praha, Sněmovní) (CS)

The Kolowrat Palace is a High Baroque building in Prague's Lesser Town, with a façade facing Nerudova Street, built between 1716 and 1721. The palace is a part of a palace complex, the second part of which consists of the Renaissance building of the Palace of the Lords of Hradec, later also called Slavatovský. Both palaces are protected as cultural monuments.

Wikipedia: Kolovratský palác (Praha, Nerudova) (CS)

The Wallenstein Garden is one of the most distinctive buildings of the Czech early Baroque. It is located in Prague's Lesser Town and is part of the Wallenstein Palace, the seat of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The Italian-style garden, which is open to the public and is divided by trimmed hedges, is equipped with water features, sculptural decorations, a grotto wall and a monumental sala terrena. Occasionally, concerts and exhibitions are held here.

Wikipedia: Valdštejnská zahrada (CS), Heritage Website

Today, the Civic Swimming Pool is only a listed building between the Vltava's Kosárkovo Embankment and the "inland" section of Edvard Beneš Embankment Street in Prague, between the Straka Academy in the Lesser Town and Čech Bridge. The Civic Swimming Pool and the nearby Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene are more or less the only buildings that stand in a small strip of Holešovice belonging to the Prague 1 district, their address is often given as the Lesser Town. The original swimming pool, called the Military Swimming Pool after the foundation of the Civic Swimming Pool, was already in the territory of the Lesser Town, on the site of today's Straka Academy.

Wikipedia: Občanská plovárna (CS), Website

Chapel of St. Maří Magdalene in Prague on the embankment of Edvard Beneš is a circular Baroque chapel and the first building that was moved in Czechoslovakia in 1956. It stands on the edge of Holešovice near the Hranice of Malá Strana. 1.

Wikipedia: Kaple svaté Máří Magdaleny (Holešovice) (CS)

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.

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