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Prague
It is difficult to know where to start when talking about
Prague - quite simply it is a breathtakingly beautiful city.
 City of 100 Spires
Known as the "city of spires" it is
like something from an old fairy tale, with castles, churches, towers and clocks,
all rising majestically into the sky line.
 On her western bank, Prague is dominated by Prague castle and the cathedral
of St. Vitus (on which construction started in the 1100s), while on her eastern
side you will find the Old Town Square and the beautiful astronomical clock.
Connecting both banks is Charles Bridge (Karluv Most), one of the most iconic
bridges in the world. It was built in the 1300s by the Bohemian King, and
Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, who also founded the university (which bears
his
name) and the majestic Karlstejn Castle.
But these are just a taste of what Prague as to offer, there really is so
much to see and do in this magnificient and ancient city, here is a selection
of Molly's Prague favourites:
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near Molly Malone's
- Old Town Square
- Astronomical Clock (on Old Town Square)
- Statue of Jan Hus (on Old Town Square)
- Powder Tower (Celetna Street)
- Obecni dum (Municipal House on Namesti Republiky - an art-nouveau
gem, on picture)
- The Old Jewish Cemetery (in Josefov district near Old Town Square)
- Estates Theatre
- Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske Namesti in Czech)
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 The
Prague Castle Area
- Prague Castle
- St. Vitus Cathedral (in Prague Castle grounds)
- Crypts (in St. Vitus)
- Golden Lane (in the castle complex)
- Strahov Monastery (on top of Pertin Hill)
- Strahov Library (beside the Monastry)
- The Loreta (opposite Strahov)
- Petrin Hill
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 Around the Vltava River
- Charles Bridge
- Mala Strana Square
- St. Nicholas Church (on Mala Strana Square)
- St. Thomas church (also on Mala Strana Square)
- The National Theatre (on picture)
- Zofin Chateau (on an island in the river near the national theatre)
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 Going up the Vltava river (right bank)
- The Dancing Building (on picture)
- Vysehrad (castle ruins and church, where Prague was founded in the
900s)
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 Museums
- National Museum (at the top Wensles Square)
- The Museum of Torture
- The Museum of Communism
- Bertramka (Prague 5) Museum of W.A. Mozart
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 Outside of Prague
- Karlstejn Castle (30 km outside Prague)
- Kutna Hora (60 km outside Prague)
- Terezin (concentration camp, 70 km north of Prague)
- Cesky Krumlov (an amazing medieval/ renaissance town in Sothern Bohemia
- on picture)
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