Landmarks

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

37 entries · updated 3 October 2026

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

Astronomical Tower of the Clementinum Place
The Astronomical Tower, formerly also called the Mathematical Tower, is the dominant feature of the Clementinum in the Old Town of Prague. From 1751…
Bohemian Crown Jewels Object
The Bohemian Crown Jewels are a set of royal insignia comprising the St Wenceslas Crown, the royal sceptre and orb, their leather cases, the crown…
Celetná Street Place
Celetná is a street in the Old Town of Prague. It links Náměstí Republiky by the Powder Tower with Old Town Square and is one of the oldest streets in…
Charles Bridge Place
Charles Bridge is a stone bridge across the Vltava in Prague. It links the Old Town and the Lesser Town, running from Křižovnické náměstí to Mostecká…
Church of Our Lady before Týn Place
The Church of Our Lady before Týn, also called the Týn Church, is a Gothic three-aisled church in the Old Town of Prague. The Heritage Catalogue of…
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 (Lesser Town) Place
The Church of St Nicholas is a Baroque church in the middle of Lesser Town Square in Prague. It was built as a Jesuit church and, together with the…
Clearance of Josefov Object
The clearance of Josefov (asanace) was a large-scale redevelopment of the former Jewish Town and adjacent parts of the Old and New Town, made possible…
Clementinum Place
The Clementinum (Klementinum) is a former Jesuit college in the Old Town of Prague between Křižovnické náměstí and Karlova Street. It is the second…
House of the Black Madonna Place
The House of the Black Madonna is a Cubist building in the Old Town of Prague at the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh, No. 569. It was designed…
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 (Prague) Place
The Industrial Palace is an exhibition building at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. It was built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891 and combines…
Josefov Place
Josefov is a quarter in central Prague on the right bank of the Vltava, which grew out of the former Prague Jewish Town. Its main axis is Pařížská…
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
Lesser Town Square is the central square of the Lesser Town in Prague. The buildings in its middle, above all the Church of St Nicholas, divide it…
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 administers state castles, chateaux and other heritage sites located in all regions of the…
National Theatre (Prague) Place
The National Theatre is a Czech theatre institution based in Prague, and also its historic building at the corner of Národní Avenue and Masarykovo…
Nerudova Street Place
Nerudova is a street in the Lesser Town of Prague. It climbs a steep slope from Lesser Town Square towards Prague Castle and continues as Úvoz. The…
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 (Prague) Place
The Old Town Hall is a group of buildings on Old Town Square in Prague, formed by joining burghers' houses acquired over time. The Prague Astronomical…
Old Town Square Place
Old Town Square is a square in the Old Town of Prague and one of the oldest places of settlement and economic life in the city. It is very large and…
Open day at state castles and chateaux (27 September 2026) 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
Prague Castle is an extensive castle complex in Prague, the seat of Bohemian princes, kings and presidents since the 9th century. It is a national…
Prague Exhibition Grounds Place
The Prague Exhibition Grounds is an exhibition and events complex in Bubeneč, Prague. It was created for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891, and its…
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 (Prague) Place
The Royal Route is a historic route in Prague linking the Old Town, the Lesser Town and Hradčany. The coronation processions of Bohemian rulers passed…
St Vitus Cathedral Place
The Cathedral of St Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert is the cathedral within the grounds of Prague Castle and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague.…
Stará Boleslav Place
Stará Boleslav is a historic part of the town of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav in the Prague-East District of the Central Bohemian Region.…
Trade Fair Palace Place
The Trade Fair Palace is a functionalist building on Dukelských hrdinů Street in Prague's Holešovice. It was built in 1925–1928 by the architects…
Villa Müller Place
Villa Müller (Müllerova vila) is a family house in Střešovice, Prague, built in 1928–1930 to a design by Adolf Loos in collaboration with the…
Vyšehrad Place
Vyšehrad is a rocky promontory above the right bank of the Vltava and a cadastral area of 0.36 km² lying entirely within the Prague 2 borough. It is…
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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