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The opulent Moorish interior with its swirling arabesques and stucco decoration gives this late 19th-century synagogue its name. It stands on the site of a building known as the Old School, Prague’s first Jewish house of worship. František Škroup, composer of the Czech national anthem, was the organist here in the mid-19th century.

The present Moorish building with its opulent interior replaced Prague’s oldest synagogue after the latter was razed in 1867. The Conservative Jewish community holds services here. It also houses Jewish Museum exhibits, offices and reference center.

The ornate 1880 organ figures in the sacred music concerts held in this opulent synagogue.

Exquisite torah pointers, yarmulkas (skull caps) and other unique gifts, such as a watch in the style of the clock on the Jewish Town Hall (see Jewish Town Hall).

St Agnes (1211–82), devout sister of Wenceslas I, built a convent for the order of the Poor Clares (the female counterpart of the Franciscans).

This medieval convent regularly holds recitals.

This lovely Gothic convent, now part of the National Gallery, is full of spectacular altarpieces and wall panels, as well as original 13th-century cloisters and chapels. The artworks here, as part of the gallery’s collection, comprise some of the best 19th-century Czech art.

Prague’s oldest Gothic building is now home to the National Gallery’s collection of medieval art and remains a monument to its founder, a Přemyslid princess who gave up a life at court to pursue her faith.

Choral and string recitals present the greatest works of Mozart, Beethoven and other composers.

Wenceslas IV arrested Nepomuk (1340–93) over the election of an abbot and threw his body from Charles Bridge.