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Vladislav II Jagiello, King Walks (cont.) Witch-burning festival 52
Dalibor Tower 110 Royal Route 174–5 Wohlmut, Bonifaz 73, 106, 111
history 29 Vyšehrad 180–81 World War II 19, 36
Old Royal Palace 106 Wallenstein, Albrecht von 32, 125, Church of St Nicholas (Old
Powder Gate 66 126 Town) 73
Powder Tower 100 Wallenstein Palace and Garden Gestapo HQ 11
Vladislav Hall 106 11, 12, 13, 125, 126 Holocaust 87
Vltava River 56–9 Prague’s Best 48, 51 Reinhard Heydrich assassination
boat trips 52 Weather 53–5 36, 53, 150, 152
Devil’s Stream (Čertovka) 131 Weiss, František 79 Wycliffe, John 77
nymph statue 80 Wenceslas I, King 67, 169
swimming competitions 55 Wenceslas II, King 127 Y
Vltava Weir 58 Wenceslas IV, King 20, 27, 29, 78, Young Bohemia Prague 52
Vojan Park 51, 133, 135 137
Volflin, of Kamen 75 Wenceslas IV (Parler) 27 Z
Vratislav, Count of Mitrovice 45, 67 Wenceslas, St 19, 20 Záboj and Slavoj (Myslbek) 149
Vratislav I, King (Prince) 24, 46, Monument 145, 146 Zemach, Mordechai and Bezalel
100, 101 murder 22–3, 103 88
Vratislav II, King 25, 180, 181 music festival 54 Zeman, Karel 36
Vries, Adriaen de 100, 111, 126, Prince of Bohemia 23 Zeman, Miloš 37
127 St Vitus’s Cathedral 26, 102, 103, Zítek, Josef 86, 156, 171
Vrtba Garden 51, 124, 130 105 Zoo 162
Vylet’al, Josef 171 Štorch House decorations 70 Zoubek, Olbram
Vyšehrad 140, 160, 180–81 tomb of 103 Monument to the Victims of
Cemetery 160, 181 Wenceslas Square 11, 13, 146 Communism (2002) 141, 145
history 19, 22, 24, 32 Street-by-Street map 144–5 Zrzavý, Jan
Walk 180–81 Westphalia, Treaty of (1648) 32 Cleopatra 164
Výtoň Excise House 59 White Mountain, Battle of (1620)
31, 32, 33, 75, 163 Ž
W Wiehl, Antonín 144 Želivský, Jan 146, 155
Wagner, Antonín 59, 157 Wiehl House 144 Ženíšek, František 156
Walks 173–81, 240 Wines 197 Žižka, Jan 28–9, 160
Petřín Park 176–7 Wirch, Johann Georg 152 Žižkov 160–61
Royal Enclosure 178–9 Wirch, Johann Joseph 111 Žižkov Television Tower 161

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