Landmarks

Castles, churches, bridges and houses protected by law and by the city's memory.

38 entries · updated 3 October 2026

The Old Town astronomical clock on a Photoglob photochrom, c. 1890

Astronomical Tower of the Clementinum Place
The tower of the Jesuit Clementinum college in Prague, an observatory since the 18th century and the site of the longest continuous weather record in…
Bohemian Crown Jewels Object
The set of regalia of the Bohemian kings, including the Crown of Saint Wenceslas from the time of Charles IV; kept in the Crown Chamber of St Vitus…
Celetná Street Place
A street in Prague's Old Town between the Powder Tower and Old Town Square; the first section of the Royal Route.
Charles Bridge Place
A stone bridge over the Vltava from the 14th century that connects the Old Town with Malá Strana; the oldest standing bridge over the Vltava in…
Church of Our Lady before Týn Place
A Gothic three-nave church with two 80-metre towers by Old Town Square in Prague, the main church of the Old Town.
Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain Place
The Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain is a Roman Catholic church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It is the conventual church of the Grand Priory of…
Church of St Nicholas Place
A Baroque church in the middle of Lesser Town Square in Prague, the work of Kryštof and Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer, with a separate municipal bell…
Clearance of Josefov Object
The Clearance of Josefov was a wholesale redevelopment of the former Jewish Town and adjoining parts of the Old Town and New Town, made possible by…
Clementinum Place
A former Jesuit college in Prague's Old Town, the second-largest building complex in the city and the seat of the National Library of the Czech…
House of the Black Madonna Place
A Cubist house by Josef Gočár from 1911–1912 at the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh in Prague, a National Cultural Monument.
Hradčany Square Place
Hradčany Square is a square in Prague in front of the entrance to Prague Castle. It is now a pedestrian zone. The Royal Route led to the Castle across…
Industrial Palace Place
An Art Nouveau iron-and-glass building at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, built for the Jubilee Land Exhibition of 1891 and restored in 2026 after the…
Josefov Place
A district in the centre of Prague on the site of the former Jewish Town, largely rebuilt during the redevelopment at the turn of the 19th and 20th…
Karlova Street (Prague) Place
Karlova is a street in the Old Town of Prague. It links Křižovnické náměstí by Charles Bridge with Malé náměstí. It runs along the Clementinum and the…
Lesser Town Bridge Towers Place
The Lesser Town Bridge Towers are two towers linked by a gate at the western, Lesser Town end of Charles Bridge. They form the entrance from the…
Lesser Town Square Place
The main square of Prague's Malá Strana, divided by the Church of St Nicholas into a lower and an upper part.
Malé náměstí (Prague) Place
Malé náměstí (Little Square) is a square in the Old Town of Prague, west of Old Town Square. It has kept its triangular layout from the Romanesque…
Municipal House (Prague) Place
The Municipal House is a representative building of the City of Prague on Náměstí Republiky, built in 1906–1911 to a design by the architects Antonín…
National Heritage Institute Organisation
The National Heritage Institute is an organization that manages state castles, chateaux and other heritage sites located in all regions of the Czech…
National Theatre Place
A Czech theatre institution with four ensembles and four stages, and its historic building on Národní, opened in 1881 and, after a fire, again in…
Nerudova Street Place
A street in Malá Strana in Prague that climbs from Lesser Town Square to Prague Castle; part of the Royal Route.
Old Town Bridge Tower Place
The Old Town Bridge Tower is a Gothic tower with a gateway at the eastern, Old Town end of Charles Bridge. It stands on the first pier of the bridge.…
Old Town Hall Place
A complex of buildings on Old Town Square in Prague, the seat of the Old Town administration and, from 1784, of the administration of all Prague, with…
Old Town Square Place
The main square of Prague's Old Town, with the Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock, one of the oldest sites of settlement and trade in Prague.
Open day at state castles and chateaux Event
On 27 September 2026 the National Heritage Institute opened its castles, chateaux and other monuments free of charge in all regions of Czechia for the…
Powder Tower (Prague) Place
The Powder Tower is a Late Gothic tower on the boundary of the Old and New Towns in Prague, at Náměstí Republiky. The Royal Route to Prague Castle…
Prague Astronomical Clock Object
The Prague Astronomical Clock is an astronomical clock on the south side of the tower of the Old Town Hall on Old Town Square in Prague. It is first…
Prague Castle Place
A castle complex in Prague, the seat of Bohemian princes and kings since the 9th century and of the presidents of the republic since 1918.
Prague Exhibition Grounds Place
An exhibition and social complex in Prague's Bubeneč district, founded for the Jubilee Land Exhibition of 1891 and managed by the city-owned company…
Riegrovy sady Place
Riegrovy sady (Rieger Gardens) is an 11-hectare park in the Vinohrady cadastral area of Prague 2. It lies between Polská, Chopinova, U Rajské zahrady…
Royal Route Place
The historic route of the coronation processions of Bohemian monarchs from the Powder Tower through the Old Town, over Charles Bridge and through Malá…
Sedlec Ossuary Site
The Church of All Saints with the ossuary is a two-storey cemetery church in Sedlec near Kutná Hora, built in the first half of the 14th century as…
St Vitus Cathedral Place
St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, founded in 1344 and completed in 1929; the coronation church of the Bohemian kings.
Stará Boleslav Place
Stará Boleslav is a historic part of the town of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, a place associated with the murder of Saint Wenceslas and the…
Trade Fair Palace Place
A functionalist building in Prague's Holešovice from 1925-1928, built for the Prague Sample Fairs; restored after a fire in 1974 for the National…
Villa Müller Place
A villa in Střešovice designed in 1928–1930 by Adolf Loos with Karel Lhota; a national cultural monument managed by the Prague City Museum.
Vyšehrad Place
A rocky promontory above the right bank of the Vltava in Prague 2 with remains of a Přemyslid hillfort, a Gothic castle and a Baroque fortress; a…
Wenceslas Square Place
Wenceslas Square is the central square of Prague's New Town. It runs from Můstek to the National Museum building. It is about 750 m long and 60 m wide…

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The Old Town astronomical clock on a Photoglob photochrom, c. 1890 — Photo: Photoglob Co. (publisher), c. 1890 · public domain · Wikimedia Commons