During restoration in the 1980s a baroque stucco facade was stripped away from this elegant medieval building to reveal the original 14th-century Gothic stonework; the eponymous stone bell is on the building鈥檚 corner. Inside, two restored Gothic chapels now serve as branches of the Prague City Gallery (with changing exhibits of contemporary art) and as chamber-concert venues.
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Built over a time span of almost 600 years, St Vitus is one of the most richly endowed cathedrals in central Europe. It is pivotal to the religious and鈥
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Strolling across Charles Bridge is everybody鈥檚 favourite Prague activity. However, by 9am it鈥檚 a 500m-long fairground, with an army of tourists squeezing鈥
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Prague鈥檚 most popular attraction. Looming above the Vltava's left bank, its serried ranks of spires, towers and palaces dominate the city centre like a鈥
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This museum consists of six Jewish monuments clustered together in Josefov: the Maisel Synagogue; the Pinkas Synagogue; the Spanish Synagogue; the Klaus鈥
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Strahov Library is the largest monastic library in the country, with two magnificent baroque halls dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. You can peek鈥
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Prague鈥檚 most exuberantly art-nouveau building is a labour of love, with every detail of its design and decoration carefully considered, and every鈥
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While this monument's massive functionalist structure has all the elegance of a nuclear power station, the interior is a spectacular extravaganza of鈥
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More a broad boulevard than a typical European city square, Wenceslas Square has witnessed a great deal of Czech history 鈥 a giant Mass was held here鈥
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The late-baroque Kinsk媒 Palace sports Prague鈥檚 finest rococo facade, completed in 1765 by the redoubtable Kilian Dientzenhofer. Today the palace is home鈥
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One of Europe鈥檚 most beautiful and busiest urban spaces, the Old Town Square (Starom臎stsk茅 n谩m臎st铆, or Starom谩k for short) has been Prague鈥檚 principal鈥
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Ladislav 艩aloun鈥檚 brooding art nouveau statue of Jan Hus was unveiled on 6 July 1915, the 500th anniversary of Hus鈥 death at the stake.
4. Church of Our Lady Before T媒n
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Its distinctive twin Gothic spires make the T媒n Church an unmistakable Old Town landmark. Like something out of a 15th-century 鈥 and probably slightly鈥
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The Old Town Hall鈥檚 best feature is the view across the Old Town Square from its 60m-tall clock tower. It's well worth the climb up the modern,鈥
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Every hour, on the hour, crowds gather beneath the Old Town Hall Tower to watch the Astronomical Clock in action. Despite a slightly underwhelming鈥
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In the northwestern corner of the T媒n Courtyard is the 16th-century Granovsky Palace, with an elegant Renaissance loggia and sgraffito and painted鈥
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Prague鈥檚 Old Town Hall, founded in 1338, is a hotchpotch of medieval buildings acquired piecemeal over the centuries, presided over by a tall Gothic tower鈥