This page provides a list of the main things to see in Czechoslovakia. "++"
identifies the top attractions.
Czekia:
Praha/ Prague:
- ++Castle/ Pražský hrad with +St Vitus Cathedral (+glass windows), Old Royal Palace, Sternberg Palace (Šternberský palác/ Národní galerie Praha), St. George's Basilica (Bazilika Sv Jiri) and the Golden Lane (scam alert: not worth the ticket at all), +Strahovsky monastery/ Strahovský klašter (12th century) with Philosophical Library and +Theological Library
- +Charles Bridge/ Karluv Most
- Lesser Town/ Mala Strana district with +Kostel Svateho Mikulase/ St Nicholas Church (+Baroque interior), Kampa Museum (František Kupka collection), and John Lennon Wall/ Lennonova zed (Velkoprevorske namesti)
- David Cerný's sculpture in front of Franz Kafka Museum (Cihelna 635)
- Staromestske/ Old Town Square (Staromestske namesti) with Church of Our Lady before Týn (Kostel Matky Bozi pred Tynem - twin 80-meter-tall towers) and St. Nicholas Church (Baroque architecture)
- Old town hall with +Astronomical Clock
- National Theater (1881)
- +Powder Tower/ Prasna Brana (15th century)
- Josefov (Jewish quarter) with Spanish Synagogue/ Španelska synagoga
- +Jaroslav Rona's statue of Franz Kafka (Vezenska St near the Spanish Synagogue)
- +Gehry's Tancící dum/ Rasin Building/ Dancing House (Jiraskovo Namesti 6)
- +David Cerny's spinning Head of Franz Kafka (2017) (outside the Quadrio shopping centre, Spalena 2121/22)
- Wenceslas Square/ Vaclavske Namesti, gigantic square ending with National Museum (Narodni Muzeum)
- Municipal House/ Obecni Dum (Art Nouveau architecture, Namesti Republiky 5, next to the Powder Gate)
- Vyšehrad Castle (views)
- Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul (Bazilika svatého Petra a Pavla, near Vysehrad castle)
- Klementinum bulding
- Joze Plecnik's Sacred Heart/ Kostel Nejsvetejšího Srdce Pane (1928)
- David Cerny's "Babies" at the Zizkov television tower
Rest of Czekia:
Cesky Krumlov
Kutna Hora (old town)
The Bohemian Paradise
Plzen
Dolni Morava, Czech Republic: longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world
Slovakia:
Bratislava: castle, St Michael's Gate, Blue Church, waterfront
+Banska Stiavnica (old town)
Levoca (main square)
Bojnice Castle
Spis Castle (largest fortified castle in Europe)
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