Basilica of St. George
The Basilica of St. George is the oldest surviving church building within Prague Castle, founded in 920 with a distinctive red-brick Romanesque facade.
Public art in Prague
Kafka Head
The Head of Franz Kafka is a kinetic sculpture by David Cerny near the Quadrio shopping center, an 11-meter, 42-ton head made of 42 independently rotating chrome panels that continuously shift, align to form Kafka’s face, and then dissolve again. Free to see from the street. The sculpture rotates 24/7 and is mesmerizing to watch. Budget travelers stand in front of it, watch the head assemble and disassemble, and see contemporary Prague at its most provocative.
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Charles Bridge
Charles IV laid the foundation stone of the Karluv most at 5:31 AM on July 9, 1357, a moment chosen for its numerological palindrome (1-3-5-7-9-7-5-3-1) that the emperor believed would give the bridge supernatural strength. The bridge took 45 years to build and was Prague's only Vltava crossing for nearly 500 years.
Dancing House
The Dancing House (Tančící dům) stands on a Vltava embankment lot that was left vacant for nearly 50 years after U.S. bombers accidentally hit Prague in February 1945, mistaking it for Dresden. Architect Vlado Milunic had conceived the project in 1986 while living next door, in conversations with his neighbor Václav Havel.
Estates Theatre
The Estates Theatre is a neoclassical theater where Mozart personally premiered Don Giovanni in 1787. The exterior is free to admire and the interior can be experienced through performances with ticket prices well below Western European opera houses.
Golden Lane
Zlata ulicka (Golden Lane) is a row of tiny houses built in the late 16th century directly against the inside wall of Prague Castle's fortifications. Each house is a single room wide, painted in different colors, and the overall effect is somewhere between a fairy tale and a documentary about how the castle's service workers actually lived.
John Lennon Wall
The John Lennon Wall in Mala Strana has been covered in graffiti, lyrics, and political messages since the 1980s. It started as a quiet act of defiance during the communist era and became a permanent, ever-changing street art surface.
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