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Memorial to the Victims of Communism
This striking sculptural group consists of several ragged human figures (controversially, all are male) in progressive stages of disintegration, descending a staggered slope. A bronze strip inlaid into the ground in front of them records the terrible human toll of the communist era
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Malá Strana Bridge Tower
There are two towers at the Malá Strana end of Charles Bridge. The taller one was built in the mid-15th century in imitation of the Staré Město tower; it houses an exhibit on alchemists during the reign of Rudolf II though, like its Staré Město counterpart, the main attraction is t
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Kbely Aircraft Museum
The Kbely airfield in northeastern Prague is home to this aircraft museum, where you can have a close look at Russian MiG fighter planes and a host of exhibits on aeronautics and space flight. The impressive collection amounts to no less than 275 aircraft, including several British
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Clam
Designed by Viennese court architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in 1713, the Clam-Gallas Palace is one of the most extravagantly baroque buildings in Prague, decorated with sculptures and frescoes depicting scenes of ancient mythology. The first floor houses exhibitions sta
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Mirror Maze
Below the Petřín Lookout Tower is the Mirror Maze, built for the 1891 Prague Exposition. As well as the maze of distorting mirrors, which was based on the Prater in Vienna, there’s a diorama of the 1648 battle between Praguers and Swedes on Charles Bridge. Opposite is the Church of
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Children’s Island
Prague’s smallest island offers a leafy respite from the hustle and bustle of the city, with a selection of swings, slides, climbing frames and sandpits to keep the kids busy, as well as a rope swing, skateboard ramp, mini football pitch, netball court, and lots of open space for o
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KGB Museum
The enthusiastic Russian collector of KGB memorabilia who established this small museum will insist on showing you around his treasure trove of spy cameras, concealed pistols, weapons (including an original garotte, known as Stalins scarf) and sinister electrical interrogation equi
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Moravian Gallery
This gallerys extensive art holdings are displayed at three different branches: hours and admission prices are uniform for each. Adjoining the Church of St Thomas, the Museum of Art from the Gothic to the 19th Century presents six centuries of European art. The Applied Arts Museum
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Museum of Modern Art
On two floors, the museum showcases art from the 20th century under the heading A Century of Relativity. One floor focuses on movements from the first half of the century, including expressionism, cubism and surrealism. A second part features postwar movements such as abstraction a
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Postal Museum
Philatelists will love this tiny museum with its letter boxes, mail coach and drawers of old postage stamps, including a rare Penny Black. Look for the beautiful stamps created in the early 20th century by Czech artists Josef Navrátil and Alfons Mucha. Across the street is the Petr
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Ecotechnical Museum
This museum is located in Prague’s historic sewage-treatment plant, which dates from the late-19th century. Guided tours (book in advance) take you through the labyrinth of sewers beneath the building. The main attraction is simply the vast amount of machinery needed to service a b
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Cathedral of Sts Peter & Paul
This 14th-century cathedral atop Petrov Hill was originally built on the site of a pagan temple to Venus, and has been reconstructed many times since. The highly decorated 11m-high main altar with figures of Sts Peter and Paul was carved by Viennese sculptor Josef Leimer in 1891. Y
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Church of St Nicholas
This beautiful 13th-century church was originally Romanesque and was rebuilt in Gothic style. Toward the front on the right side is the Bread Madonna chapel. According to legend, during the Thirty Years War a box beneath the image was always found to be full of food. Beside the chu
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Villa Müller
Fans of functionalist architecture will enjoy this masterpiece of domestic design. It was built in 1930 for construction entrepreneur František Müller, and designed by the Viennese architect Adolf Loos, whose clean-cut, ultramodernist exterior contrasts with the polished wood, leat
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Mánes Gallery
Spanning a branch of the river beneath a 15th-century water tower is the Mánes Building (1927–30), a masterpiece of functionalist architecture designed by Otakar Novotný. It houses an art gallery founded in the 1920s by a group of artists, headed by painter Josef Mánes, and is stil
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Franz Kafka Museum
This much-hyped exhibition on the life and work of Prague’s most famous literary son, entitled ‘City of K’, explores the intimate relationship between the writer and the city that shaped him, through the use of original letters, photographs, quotations, period newspapers and public
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New Jewish Cemetery
Franz Kafka is buried in this cemetery, which opened around 1890 when the older Jewish cemetery – now at the foot of the TV Tower – was closed. To find Kafka’s grave , follow the main avenue east (signposted), turn right at row 21, then left at the wall; it’s at the end of the ‘blo
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Pařížská
When the Josefov ghetto was cleared at the turn of the 20th century, the broad boulevard of Pařížská třída (Paris Ave) was driven in a straight line through the heart of the old slums. This was a time of widespread infatuation with the French art-nouveau style, and the avenue is li
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St Vitus Treasury
The 18th-century Chapel of the Holy Cross houses the St Vitus Treasury, a spectacular collection of ecclesiastical bling. Gold and silver reliquaries crusted in diamonds, emeralds and rubies contain saintly relics ranging from fragments of the True Cross to the withered hand of a H
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Church of St Giles
With stocky Romanesque columns, tall Gothic windows, and an exuberant baroque interior, the Church of St Giles – founded in 1371 – is a good place to ponder the architectural development of Prague’s religious buildings. The proto-Hussite reformer Jan Milíč of Kroměříž preached here
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