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The Castle district of Prague (Czech: Hradčany.) is the highest part of the city.

Contents 1 Get in 2 See 3 Do 4 Buy 5 Eat 6 Drink 7 Sleep 8 Contact

Get in

See

• Prague Castle (Pražský Hrad) is the former seat of the kings and now the seat of the Czech president
• St. Vitus Cathedral is in the center of the castle.
• The Daliborka is a tower at the far end of the castle originally built under Prince Vladislav in 1496 as a part of a new fortified wall. Its first prisoner was a recalcitrant knight named Dalibor who, according to legend, played his violin very sadly here, serenading the castle residents. The thickness of the walls makes that legend a little unlikely, though! No one would have been able to hear him outside!
• The Royal Garden to the east/north-east of the palace is a large park. Aside from its own beauty, it has an excellent view of the east bank of the river.
• The Golden Lane (Zlata Ulice) is a small alleyway located in the Castle complex that housed goldsmiths around the time of Rudolf II's reign, hence its name. It is very tiny, cobblestoned and filled with brightly-painted little houses a modern human has a hard time standing up in. (It's tough to realize just how tiny our pre-20th-century ancestors were until you go somewhere like this). Franz Kafka occupied one of the houses for a short time, and this is why most people visit Zlata Ulice. There really isn't another good reason unless you want to buy some overpriced souvenirs in the small shops now occupying the houses, or need to cut through the crowds to see the Daliborka.

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Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Contact

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