Down the hill on the opposite side of Prague Castle, to the north, this building must be the only one in the world designed to look like a wheat field. Built in 1911-12 by...

Now reopened after renovation, this beloved, charismatic former Renaissance manor house is set to feature a three- to five-year show of Jiří Příhoda's intriguing architectural...

Renovated and reopened in 2003, this fantastic cubist building and collection of paintings and sculptures strive to present a totally plane-defying environment. Worth a visit...

With a newly reorganised collection that focuses on Czech 19th-century art, St George's Convent seems much better matched to its task than when it was hosting the best of...

In the 12th and 13th centuries, this enormous complex of buildings was the Prague headquarters of the Inquisition. When the Jesuits moved in during the 16th century, kicking...

Although you could easily miss the church's entrance, concealed in a courtyard, the Týn is one of the landmarks of Staré Mêsto thanks to its twin towers. The church dates from...

Built in the 1730s, this Baroque church was taken over and restored by the Czech Orthodox Church in the 1930s. A plaque and memorial outside, together with numerous bullet...

A sculpture of the bearded St Wilgefortis, the skeletons of another two female saints, the highest concentration of cherubs found anywhere in the city… Built as part of a...

Founded more than 1,000 years ago by Přemysl princes, the impressive if somewhat sombre Prague Castle complex - including the Old Royal Palace, three churches and a monastery -...

The Powder Gate (or Tower) is a piece of late 15th-century flotsam, a lonely relic of the fortifications that used to ring the whole town. The bridge that incongruously...

Established in 1338, the Old Town Hall was cobbled together over the centuries out of several adjoining houses. However, only around half of the original is still standing...

You'd be hard-pressed to envisage the riches contained within this amazing pile from the wrong side of its sizeable walls. And indeed, it's too often eclipsed by the more...

Built from curvaceous expanses of wrought iron and designed to house the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891, Výstavištê played a key role in Prague's art nouveau movement. During the...