5. Old Town Hall, the very heart of historical romantic Prague
6. Old Town Hall, a crowd of tourists await the hourly “show” of the old astronomical clock
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11. The Spanish Synagogue is named for its beautiful Moorish style.
It has an exhibition about the Jews in Bohemia and Moravia, both under the Austrian Empire and in
the independent Czechoslovakia.
The exhibition shows the Jews’ contributions to the general culture, the science, and the state, and
their fate under the Nazis.
14. The old dense Jewish cemetery, the final resting place of the 16th century scholar and philosopher
Rabbi Loew (“Maharal”), who created the legendary Golem of Prague. The mighty (but dumb)
Golem was presumably capable of defending the Jewish community from a pogrom.
The Hebrew term and the notion of “Golem” propagated to European cultures and in modern
technology it stands for powerful but dumb man-created mechanisms -- Robots and Computers.
18. This Crucifix is the oldest of the many Baroque statues decorating the medieval Charles Bridge.
The Hebrew words in gold mean “Holy, Holy, Holy Lord”
19. The gate to the Lower Town from the Charles Bridge
26. Castle District: The picturesque “Golden Lane” was built originally for the guards of the Prague
Castle and became home to artists and writers, Franz Kafka among them.
40. The picturesque and “juicy” castle city of Cesky Krumlov has preserved its medieval
identity as no other town in the region. It is on the UNESCO list of world heritage.
50. Olomouc is the
capital of Moravia
and its oldest
town.
The Holy Trinity
Column Baroque
monument on the
main square is on
the UNESCO list
of World Heritage
Sites.