Page 42 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Prague

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Prague’s Best: Museums and Galleries

With more than 20 museums and almost 100 galleries and
exhibition halls, Prague is a city of unexpected and rare
delights. Religious masterpieces of the Middle Ages vie
with the more recent opulence of Art Nouveau and the
giants of modern art. Several galleries have opened since
1989 with many more temporary exhibitions. There are
museums devoted to the history of the state, the city of
Prague and its people, many of them housed in buildings
that are historical landmarks and works of art in themselves.
This map gives some of the highlights, with a detailed
overview on pages 42–3.
Picture Gallery of Prague Castle
Among the art on display are
paintings from the famous collection
of Emperor Rudolph II, as well as
over 100 works by Titian, Aachen
and Rubens.

Prague Castle and
Hradčany
Vltava

Sternberg Palace
The collection of European art
here is outstanding, represented Little
in works such as The Feast of the Quarter
Rosary by Albrecht Dürer (1506).

The Loreto
The offerings of devout
local aristocrats form the
basis of this collection
of religious decorative
art. In 1721, this jewel-
encrusted, tree-shaped
monstrance was given
to the treasury by
Countess Wallenstein.

Schwarzenberg
Palace
The ornate
Renaissance palace, Smetana Museum
formerly the home The life and work of this
of the Museum of 19th-century Czech composer
Military History, is now are remembered beside the river
a gallery exhibiting that inspired one of his most
Baroque art. famous pieces – the Vltava.

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