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Staré Město


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1. Rudolfinum

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Presiding over Jan Palach Square is the Rudolfinum, home to the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. This and the National Theatre, both designed by architects…

2. Museum of Decorative Arts

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This museum opened in 1900 as part of a European movement to encourage a return to the aesthetic values sacrificed to the Industrial Revolution. Once a…

3. Galerie Rudolfinum

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Housed in the Rudolfinum complex of concert halls, this gallery specialises in changing exhibitions of contemporary art. The entrance is on the riverfront…

4. Jan Palach Square

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Jan Palach Square is named after the young Charles University student who, in January 1969, set himself alight in Wenceslas Square in protest against the…

5. Pinkas Synagogue

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The handsome Pinkas Synagogue was built in 1535 and used for worship until 1941. After WWII it was converted into a memorial, with wall after wall…

6. Old Jewish Cemetery

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The Old Jewish Cemetery is Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish graveyard. Founded in the early 15th century, it has a palpable atmosphere of mourning even…

7. Klaus Synagogue

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The Klaus Synagogue houses a good exhibit on Jewish ceremonies of birth and death, worship and special holy days.

8. Ceremonial Hall

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Built in 1912, the Ceremonial Hall was formerly the mortuary for the Old Jewish Cemetery, and is now the site of an interesting exhibition on Jewish…