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Old Town Square (Czech: ) is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague in the Czech Republic at . Located between Wenceslas Square and the Charles Bridge, Prague's Old Town Square is often bursting at the seams with tourists in the summer. Featuring various architectural styles including the gothic Týn Cathedral and baroque St (...)
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astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, at . The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square and is a popular tourist attraction. The Orloj is composed of three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; "The Walk of the (...)
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:''See other places named Staré Město.'' , Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava at both of its sends. The moat is now covered up by the streets (from north to south-west) Revolučni, na Příkopě, and Národni--which remain the official boundary of the cadastral district of Old Town. It is now in Praha 1 (...)
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The Church of Our Lady in front of Týn (in Czech ''Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem'', ''Týnský chrám'' or just ''Týn'') is a dominant feature of the Old Town district of Prague, and the main church of this part of the city since the 14th century. Towers of church are 80 m high and topped by four small spires. (...)
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. The Jewish Town Hall in Josefov, Prague, is an 18th century Rococo building that is the center of the local Jewish community. It is perhaps best known for its two clocks, one on a tower with Roman numeral markings, the other, lower, with Hebrew numbers and hands that turn counterclockwise, just as Hebrew reads from right to left. (...)
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in Prague, Czech Republic. The Estates Theatre was annexed to the National Theatre in 1948 and currently draws on three artistic ensembles, opera, ballet, and drama, which perform at the Estates Theatre, the National Theatre (''Národní divadlo''), and the Kolowrat Theatre (''Divadlo Kolowrat''). (...)
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(the Jewish Quarter of Prague). It was in use from the early 15th century (the oldest preserved tombstone, the one of Avigdor Kara, dates back to 1439) until 1787. Its ancestor was a cemetery called "The Jewish Garden", which was found in archaeological excavations under the Vladislavova street, New Town (...)
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The Old New Synagogue in Josefov, Prague (also called the Alt-neu Shul, the Altneuschule or Altneusynagoge in German, or Staronová synagoga in Czech) is Europe's oldest active synagogue. Completed in 1270 in gothic style, it was one of Prague's first gothic buildings. It was originally called the New or Great Shul (...)
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The Clementinum (''Klementinum'' in Czech) is the name of the building housing the national library of the Czech Republic situated in Prague. The history of the building dates from the existence of a chapel to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college (...)
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, Czech Republic notable for its connection with the famous Czech Catholic reformer Jan Hus. It was opened for sermons in 1394, and taught solely in the Czech vernacular, thus breaking with German domination of Medieval Bohemian (...)
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