Visitor guide · Unofficial website: Prague Castle, Old Town Hall & Astronomical Clock, Petřín Lookout Tower, Žižkov Television Tower and Museum of Communism

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The arched gateway of Prague Castle with two striped sentry boxes and guards in dark uniform beside the Czech flags, with snow on the cobbles.
Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited
A castle building with a square corner tower under a green copper cap, walls with a stone-block pattern and a red-tiled roof, above an empty paved courtyard under a pale blue sky.
Ricardalovesmonuments · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
St Vitus Cathedral from the north side, with Gothic flying buttresses and two spires above a round stone tower with a red roof, under a cloudy sky.
Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Prague Castle and the spires of St Vitus Cathedral at sunset, seen across the Lesser Town rooftops, with a long line of palace facades along the hilltop.
Ricardalovesmonuments · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
A yellow Baroque palace corner at Prague Castle with a sculpted roofline, and a paved terrace where visitors walk by the balustrade, with the city and a church dome beyond.
Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
The Second Courtyard of Prague Castle, a wide paved square lined with cream Baroque facades, tall windows and a few white benches, under a pale sky.
Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
A whitewashed wall of the Old Royal Palace at Prague Castle, with stone-framed windows, two pointed-arch openings and corner buttresses of dressed stone above a paved yard.
Jan Polák · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Interior of St George's Basilica at Prague Castle, with the medieval apse, faded frescoes in the vault, narrow arched windows and a metal chest with a relief in front of the apse.
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The Royal Summer Palace in the Prague Castle gardens, a Renaissance pavilion with a green copper dome, an arcaded loggia and an iron railing, in warm evening light.
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Prague Castle and the riverfront below it lit up at dusk, with St Vitus Cathedral's towers above the illuminated houses and their reflections in the calm Vltava.
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Close view of the Prague astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall tower, with its gold-and-blue astronomical dial, the Roman-numeral clock face and the carved figures around them.
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The astronomical clock dial on the Old Town Hall tower, with the twin Gothic spires of Týn Church rising against a cloudy blue sky behind it.
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Astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall tower, seen from the side, with its blue astronomical dial and calendar dial below, and the spires of Týn Church beyond.
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The Jan Hus monument in Old Town Square, a bronze figure on a granite plinth, with the Old Town Hall tower rising behind it under a blue sky.
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Petřín Lookout Tower, a steel lattice tower rising above the green treetops of Petřín hill under a pale sky, with a small red-roofed building among the trees.
Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.0 · colours and contrast edited
Funicular track climbing a wooded slope on Petřín hill in autumn, with a metal fence along the line, lamp posts beside the path and no car in view.
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Panoramic view over Prague's red-roofed Old Town, with the Vltava winding through the city, its bridges crossing the river and church spires above the rooftops.
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Panoramic view over Prague's red-tiled rooftops toward the Vltava and its bridges, with green hills and modern towers on the far bank under a cloudy sky.
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Charles Bridge over the Vltava, with its stone arches and statues along the parapet, and the Old Town Bridge Tower rising on the right under a blue sky.
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Žižkov Television Tower seen across the city rooftops under a blue sky with large white clouds, its pods and red-tipped mast rising above the rooftops and a church spire.
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Žižkov Television Tower photographed from below against a blue sky with white clouds, its pods and mast rising above the trees, with small sculptures on the shaft.
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View from Vyšehrad over Prague's rooftops, with the Žižkov Television Tower rising on the left above pale ochre buildings under a clear blue sky.
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The entrance of the Museum of Communism in Prague: a rust-coloured sign reading MUSEUM OF COMMUNISM above a dark glass door under an arch, on a cream wall with a globe lamp and the shadows of bare branches.
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Tram number 14 at a Prague stop: a green-and-white tram with a red tram behind, passengers on the pavement and an Aperol billboard on a building.
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Platform of Malostranská station on Prague Metro line A, with a curved wall of round panels lit in green and a few passengers waiting along the platform.
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Václav Havel Airport Prague at dusk: the control tower and the terminal with the illuminated PRAHA sign, buses and cars on the forecourt under a dusky winter sky.
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Black-and-white view of a Baroque palace behind wrought-iron gates and stone statue groups, with striped sentry boxes and a grey sky above the distant city.
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Ornate gilded wrought-iron gate under a Baroque arch, flanked by two stone statues of struggling giants, with tourists standing on the cobbles in front.
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Wide view of St Vitus Cathedral's Gothic spires and roofs rising above trees and pale houses on the left, under a dramatic cloudy sky.
Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Dark Gothic cathedral seen through the branches of a large tree, framed by flowering lilac bushes and a green lawn on a bright spring day.
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Faded colour photo of St Vitus Cathedral above dark trees, with a clipped hedge, stone urns and a low garden wall in the foreground.
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Lawn in a stone-edged garden with a round stone fountain basin in the middle, tall trees on both sides and a view of the city roofs beyond.
Jan Polák · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Cobbled road beside a wooden fence, with the cathedral spires behind a yellow Baroque palace with Czech flags, and visitors walking under a cloudy sky.
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Green lawn beneath tall trees, with the spires of St Vitus Cathedral peeking above the foliage in the distance on a bright day.
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Weathered stone busts of figures standing against a rough stone wall with a small window, on an uneven flagstone pavement in a courtyard.
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Prague Castle at dusk with floodlit cathedral spires and palace fronts above the dark rooftops, a tour boat on the river and a Kafka Museum sign below.
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Ceremonial guards in dark-blue uniforms with white gloves stand in two lines on a wet courtyard before a cream palace with tall windows and an arched wooden door.
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Strahov Monastery seen from below, its long white Baroque facade with rows of windows, red roofs and two onion-domed towers against a pale sky.
paddy (Patrick-Emil Zörner) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Prague Castle from Petřín hill: the dark Gothic cathedral spires and long palace range rise above the orange rooftops of the Lesser Town in soft light.
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Square at Prague Castle with the red-and-white Baroque facade of St George's Basilica and its two pale towers, an ornate gabled building on the left and visitors on the cobbles.
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Corner of a cream rusticated-stone house with rows of small windows and a pink building beside it, on a cobbled lane under a pale sky.
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Snowy courtyard with a black equestrian statue of St George on a stone plinth, a tall grey obelisk behind it and Baroque palace facades around the square.
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Panoramic view from the castle over red-tiled roofs and a green copper dome, with the city stretching to modern towers on the horizon under a pale sky.
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Prague Castle and the riverfront at night: the cathedral towers and palace facades are floodlit above dark rooftops, with the water reflecting the lights.
Michael Brezocnik · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
Pale yellow Baroque palace with a sculpted central pediment and two flags on its roof, seen above red roofs and dark wooded slopes in winter light.
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Cream-coloured palace at night with rows of lit windows, a red-roofed stone tower behind it, a flagpole and a lamp post on the cobbled square.
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Long cream-coloured museum building with a red-tiled roof and arched windows on the Vltava embankment, with a tour boat on the water and trees behind.
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Tall black steel letter K standing in a paved courtyard in front of a cream building with a red-tiled roof, with a café terrace under white umbrellas on the left.
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Gothic church with a steep grey roof and two pointed spires rising above green trees and a lower stone chapel with arched windows, under a cloudy sky.
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Red brick fortress wall of Vyšehrad curving toward a gate, with the twin spires of the basilica above the trees and parked cars on the road below.
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Aerial view of a Vltava marina with moored boats, a riverside road lined with trees, and city blocks and wooded hills beyond under a clear blue sky.
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Charles Bridge's stone arches spanning the Vltava under a cloudy blue sky, with the wooded Petřín hill and its lookout tower rising behind the bridge.
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Gothic gate tower of Charles Bridge with a tall pointed roof and an arched passage below, tourists on the cobbled bridge and Baroque statues beside the tower.
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View from inside a stone bridge tower through a dark iron arch over the Vltava, the Charles Bridge and red-roofed houses, with castle spires at the right.
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Facade of the Spanish Synagogue in Prague, a cream building with arched windows and a crenellated roofline, partly hidden by a large tree on a quiet street.
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Old-New Synagogue in Prague, a Gothic hall with a stepped gable and steep red-tiled roof, beside a pink building with a clock tower under a cloudy sky.
Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Facade of the Maisel Synagogue in Prague, a white Neo-Gothic building with pointed pinnacles and a stepped gable, framed by blue sky and tall neighbouring walls.
Yair Haklai · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Pale building with rows of tall windows on a city square, a bare tree in front, a few people and parked cars nearby under a pale sky.
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Weathered stone tombstones with Hebrew inscriptions stand among grass and trees, with pale apartment buildings and tall windows rising behind them.
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The National Museum in Prague, a large building with a green copper dome, seen under grey skies with traffic on the avenue and small figures in the distance.
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The National Museum at dusk, its central dome flanked by two smaller cupolas, sculpted statues on the facade and an equestrian statue standing in front.
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Wenceslas Square seen from above, a long boulevard with parked vans, trees and pedestrians, leading to the green dome of the National Museum far away under clouds.
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Black-and-white view of the National Museum in Prague, with its glazed dome, sculpted figures on the roofline and the equestrian monument of St Wenceslas in front, under a grey sky.
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Old Town Square at night, with the twin spires of the Týn Church rising above floodlit Gothic and Baroque houses and a few small figures in the lower corners.
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Dark Gothic spires of the Týn Church against a deep blue sky, with a column topped by a statue at the lower left and rooftops below.
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Old Town Square under grey daylight, with the Týn Church towers on the right and pastel facades around the square, and a few people walking across the paved surface.
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A narrow cobbled lane in the Old Town, with orange and pale-yellow house fronts, arched doorways and a Gothic church at the end, with a few distant pedestrians.
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Calendar dial of the Prague astronomical clock: a gilded disc with a ring of monthly medallions and a central coat of arms, flanked by carved statues.
Jerzy Strzelecki · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
A white tourist boat with green trim and passengers on its open deck sails on the brown Vltava, with red-roofed houses and a bridge behind it.
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A long white cruise boat, its name on the hull, crosses the Vltava under grey skies, with passengers on the upper deck and a small blue boat behind.
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A white two-deck tour boat with a blue awning sails along the Vltava past a cream riverside terrace with white umbrellas, and another boat in the distance.
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The Vltava flowing past an embankment wall and riverside trees, with Prague Castle and its cathedral spires on the hill beyond under a cloudy sky.
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Riverside houses in orange and cream along the Vltava at Kampa, with leafless trees in front and wooded hills rising behind under a blue sky with clouds.
Ben Skála, Benfoto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
A red-and-white tram on line 22 with its destination board reading Bílá Hora, running on cobbled tracks beside a grassy strip and tall trees.
Honza Groh (Jagro) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · colours and contrast edited
Red-and-cream tram 8013 on line 23 waiting at a stop, with a glass shelter on the right and orange-roofed houses behind under a pale sky.
Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · colours and contrast edited
Entrance gate of the Mirror Maze on Petřín hill: a pale yellow turreted building with green copper roofs, a wooden door and heraldic shields above the arch.
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The Štefánik Observatory on Petřín hill: a white building with a round dome and a green-roofed tower, set on a lawn with red roses and a few visitors.
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The Žižkov Television Tower seen from a distance against a pale blue sky, its concrete pods and tall mast rising above the rooftops of the city.
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The Žižkov Television Tower on the right of a view across Prague's red roofs, with the twin spires of Týn Church at left under a heavy grey sky.
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Exhibition room of the Museum of Communism in Prague, with a red banner in Czech lettering, vintage motorbikes on white plinths and display panels on the wall.
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Panoramic view over Prague's rooftops in autumn, with a green-domed church, orange trees and arched bridges crossing the river under a blue sky.
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Wide panorama of Prague from Letná hill, with the red-roofed city, the river winding between bridges and hills fading into a hazy horizon.
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View from Letná Park over the Čech Bridge, a green steel bridge spanning the Vltava, with white boats moored on the bank and office blocks behind.
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The National Theatre in Prague at night, its neo-Renaissance facade lit with warm light, a domed roof above and trees and lamp posts along the embankment.
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Gilded ornaments and a bronze horse-drawn chariot group on the roof of the National Theatre at night, lit from below against a dark sky.
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