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PRAGUE AT A GLANCE

There are almost 150 places of interest Square (see pp144–5). To help you make the
described in the Area by Area section of this most of your stay, the following 12 pages are a
book. A broad range of sights is covered: from time-saving guide to the best Prague has to
the ancient Royal Palace, which was the site offer visitors. Museums and galleries, churches
of the Defenestration of 1618 (see p107), to and synagogues, palaces and gardens all have
cubist houses built in the Jewish Quarter in the their own sections. Each sight has a cross
1920s (see p93); from the peaceful oasis of reference to its own full entry. Below are
Petřín Park (see p141), to the bustle of Wenceslas the attractions that no visitor should miss.

Prague’s Top Ten Sights

Old Town Square Old Town Hall Old Jewish Cemetery
See pp68–71 See pp74–6 See pp88–9

St Agnes of Bohemia Convent Prague Castle
See pp94–5 See pp98–9

Wallenstein Palace and Garden Church of St Nicholas
See p126 See pp128–9

St Vitus’s Cathedral Charles Bridge National Theatre
See pp102–105 See pp136–9 See pp156–7
A view of the Old Town and Charles Bridge, bustling with people

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