National Museum

This building sits atop the hill overlooking the Wenceslas Square. The light-colored patches in the columns are fill holes where Soviet bullets hit during the crackdownin 1968.

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Prague day 3

September 3rd 2010
Day 18-Prague 9/3-Wednesday This was our last full day of the trip. We decided today to follow the Rick Steve’s tour of the New Town. It was fun to find all of the highlights noted in his book. We acted like we were on TV’s Amazing Race. We started at the top of Wenceslas Square and stopped at all the highlights. After walking north for about a quarter of a mile, we turned west to ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » New Town

Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more

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