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In the 18th century, occupying French troops drilled holes in Vyšehrad rock to store ammunition.

The medieval route from the silver-mining town of Kutná Hora in Bohemia passed down the street known today as Celetná, through Old Town Square and on to Prague Castle. There’s still a lot of traffic on the gently curving street.

Built in the early 1900s in mock Romanesque fashion, the Ceremonial Hall was home to the Jewish community’s Burial Society. The exhibits inside detail the complex Jewish rituals for preparing the dead for the grave.

For almost all visitors to Prague, this spectacular Gothic bridge, crossing the Vltava from the Old Town to the castle complex, remains their most memorable image of the city, long after they have returned home.

Grandson of an emperor and son of a Přemyslid princess, Charles could hardly help rising to both the Roman and Bohemian thrones in 1333. Prague became the seat of imperial power under his reign, as well as an archbishopric and the home of central Europe’s first university.

More popularly known as the Church of the Infant Jesus of Prague, Prague’s first Baroque church (1611) got its name – and its Catholic outlook – after the Battle of White Mountain. Visitors stream in to the church to see the miracle-working statue of the Christ Child.

The Gothic and Baroque interior here wins the award for Prague’s creepiest sanctuary. The church is best known for the legend of the mummified arm hanging above the door (see One-Armed Thief), but visitors should not miss the opportunity to take in one of the organ recitals held here.

This active house of worship regularly invites the general public to hear its organ.

Hosts chamber music recitals twice daily.

The first church to stand on this site was founded by Vratislav II in the 11th century, but the Neo-Gothic structure seen today dates from 1885. The altar is decorated with a beautiful Gothic panel depicting Our Lady of the Rains .