HRADCANY 16 The Emperor and his City: Charles IV 76 Museum 78 Castle 18 Kampa Island, 80 : St Vitus Cathedral 26 Kampa Museum 82 "Saint Wenceslas, Mostecka Street 84 Duke of the Czech Land" 34 Lesser Town Square 86 Prague Castle: Old Royal Palace 36 St Nicholas Church, Lesser Town 88 Prague Castle: St George's Basilica 38 St Thomas, St Joseph 90 Prague Castle: 40 Nerudova Street 92 Classic of Literary Modernism: Symbols and Miracles 94 Franz Kafka 42 New Castle Stairs 96 Prague Castle: Belvedere Palace 44 98 Hradcany Square 46 A Vision of Prague: Palace Gardens 100 Collections of the National Gallery 102 on the Hradcany 50 Vrtba Palace, Vrtba Garden 104 Loreto Sanctuary 52 Church of Our Lady Victorious 106 Reformation and Wars of Religion 54 Petrin Hill 108 Novy svet, Pohorelec 56 Monastery 58 AND JEWISH Author, Civil Rights Activist, President: QUARTER 110

Vaclav Havel 60 J Knights of the Cross Square 112 LESSER TOWN 62 114 My Quay, my Music, my Fatherland: The River, the King, his Wife and Smetana 116 her Lover 64 Charles Street 118 66 Clam-Gallas Palace 120

http://d-nb.info/1021832235 Prague Puppetry: The Emperor and his Banker 178 ENVIRONS 226 Artists on a String 122 Old Jewish Cemetery • 180 Church of St Giles 124 Pinkas Synagogue 182 Letna Park 228 Gall Town 126 Rudolfinum 184 Trade Fair Palace 230 Estates Theater 128 Museum of Decorative Arts 186 Royal Enclosure, Exhibition Grounds 232 Carolinum 130 Prague's Cubist Architecture 188 Palace 234 132 Bfevnov Monastery, Star Summer Palace 236 For Whom the Bell Tolls: NEWTOWN 190 Vynohrady 238 The Master, the Clock and Death 134 Smichov 240 136 A New Art Movement: Young and Modern 192 Villa Bertramka 242 : "Prada Zvitesi" - Truth Prevails 138 Main Railway Station 194 Mozart in Prague: Love at First Sight 242 Goltz- Palace 144 Jubilee Synagogue 196 Kinsky Villa 244 Tyn Church 146 198 Chateau 246 St Nicholas in the Old Town 148 Hotel Europa 200 Vysehrad 248 Little Square 150 Lucerna Palace 202 Karlstejn Castle 250 Celetna Street 152 Pivo: The Czech National Drink 204 A Sacred Ceremony: Tyn Court-Ungelt 154 National Museum 206 The "Magic World" of Karlstejn Castle 252 Powder Tower 156 Prague Coffehouse Culture: Agnes Convent 158 Starbucks or Grand Cafe 208 Index 254 A Woman's Fate in the : Prague State Opera 210 Picture Credits, Imprint 256 Saint Agnes of 160 National Avenue 212 Municipal House 162 National Theater 214 Alphonse Maria Mucha: Slav Island 216 1 did it my Way." 170 Film City Prague: The Hollywood of the East 218 Paris Street 172 Charles Square 220 The Prague Ghetto 174 Dancing House 222 Old New Synagogue 176 From the New World: Dvorak 224