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General Index

Page numbers in bold refer to Architecture (cont.) Bohemian Carnevale Praha 55
main entries. In the Czech Sgraffito facades see Sgraffito Bohemian Chancellery 33, 106, 107
alphabet, č, ř, š and ž are treated Arcimboldo, Giuseppe Bohemian Diet 106
as separate letters. Entries Rudolph II 30 Boleslav I, Prince 19, 22–3
beginning with ř, for example, Art Nouveau 148–9 Boleslav II, Prince 22, 101, 140,
are listed after those beginning Asam, Kosmas Damian 73 163
with r without an accent. Assicurazioni Generali Building Books
145 fairs 52
‘At the’ houses see Historic houses shops 212–13
A ATMs 230 Bořivoj I, Prince 22, 100, 101, 106
Academy of Fine Arts 178, 179 Augusta, Jan, Bishop 169 Bořivoj II, Prince 24
Accommodation agencies 186, Augustine, St 125 Bossi, C G 68
187 Augustinians 115, 127, 154 Botanical Gardens
Adalbert, St 23, 24, 136, 140, 163 Austerlitz, Battle of (1805) 34 New Town 51, 151, 153
Adam and Eve (Cranach) 114 at Troja 162
Adult Prague 209 B Botels (floating hotels) 184
Agnes, of Bohemia, St 25, 37, 46, 94 Běchovice-Praha 54 Brahe, Tycho 31, 69, 116, 117
Air pollution 229 Ball Game Hall 31 Brandl, Petr 42, 67, 100
Airport 234–5 Balšánek, Antonín 66–7 The Holy Family 132
Air travel 234–5 Bambino di Praga 130–31 Braun, Antonín 72, 110
Aleš, Mikuláš Banks 225, 230 The Allegory of Night 111
National Theatre murals 35 Bars 206, 207, 225 Braun, Matthias Bernard 138
Old Town Hall 74 Basilica of St James 11, 65, 67 Clam-Gallas Palace 49, 80
Štorch house 64, 70 Prague’s Best 45, 47 Dvořák Museum 49, 154
U Rotta 64 Bassano, Jacopo 115 Grand Priory (Knights of Malta)
Wiehl House 144 Bassevi, Hendela 89 131
The Allegory of Night (Braun) 111 Battle Re-enactments 53 Hercules statues 49, 80
Alliprandi, Giovanni Battista 110, Bayer, Paul Ignaz 152 Konopiště Castle 169
135 Beck, Moses 88 St Luitgard 137
Anne, Empress 110 Beer 196–7 Thun-Hohenstein Palace 124
The Annunciation of Our Lady Beer halls 197, 206, 207 tomb of 154
(Master of the Vyšší Brod Altar) Beethoven, Ludwig van 80, 132 Villa Amerika 49, 154
94 Belvedere 30, 31, 110–11 Vrtba Garden 130
Anthony, of Padua, St 71 Prague’s Best 48, 50 Bretislav II, King 24
Antiques Bendelmayer, Bedřich 148 Bridge Street 132, 134
customs regulations 224 Bendl, Jan 81 Brokoff, Ferdinand
shops 212, 213 Benedictines 72, 92, 101, 153, Calvary 93
Aostalli, Ottavio 127, 141 163 Charles Bridge statues 136, 138
Apartments (self-catering) 186, Beneš, Edvard 36 Church of St Gall statues 73
187, 188 Bernard, St 139 St Francis Borgia 33
Apostles (Sucharda) 76 Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 138, 163 St John the Baptist 131
Archbishop’s Palace 50, 111 Bethlehem Chapel 13, 77, 79 St John Nepomuk 85, 92
Architecture history 27, 28, 29 tomb of Count Vratislav of
Art Nouveau 148 Prague’s Best 46 Mitrovice 67
Baroque 32–3, 46, 47, 50–51 Big Dialog (Nepraš) 165 Bronzino, Agnolo
churches 46–7 Black Light Theatre 218, 219 Eleanor of Toledo 115
Cubist houses 67, 84, 93, 160 Blaeu, William 121 Brothers of Mercy 93
Gothic 27, 46 Blanche, de Valois 228 Brožík, Václav 157
Neo-Gothic 47 Boats Defenestration of 1618 107
palace portals and gates 50–51 festivals 53 Brüderle, Jan 119
Renaissance 30–31, 46–7, 50 Vltava River trips 52, 56–9 Brueghel, Jan
Romanesque 24–5, 46, 50 Bohemia Brethren 93 Sense of Sight 31

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