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The Astronomical Clock and Conclusion

2026/08/11

The Astronomical Clock brings together science, faith and civic authority, closing a route through the communities that made Prague more than a royal capital. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Old Town Square

2026/08/11

Prague’s principal civic space reveals how commerce, religion, political dissent and municipal authority shaped the city beneath the castle. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Karlova and the Royal Route

2026/08/11

This narrow commercial street shows how Prague turned the journey between civic and royal power into a public ceremony. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

The Klementinum and Jesuit Prague

2026/08/11

The Klementinum shows how the Jesuits used architecture, education and science to restore Catholic influence and reshape Prague’s intellectual life. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

From Josefov to the Old Town

2026/08/11

The walk south reveals how modern redevelopment absorbed the former Jewish Town into Prague while preserving only selected fragments of its earlier urban fabric. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Maisel Synagogue and Renaissance Prague

2026/08/11

Mordecai Maisel’s synagogue shows how Jewish leadership, commerce and royal patronage helped transform Josefov during Prague’s Renaissance prosperity. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

The Spanish Synagogue and Emancipation

2026/08/11

Its Moorish Revival interior reflects the growing confidence, integration and cultural influence of Prague’s Jewish community during the 19th century. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

The Old-New Synagogue

2026/08/11

More than seven centuries of continuous worship make this Gothic synagogue the strongest surviving link between medieval Josefov and Prague’s living Jewish community. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

The Old Jewish Cemetery

2026/08/11

The cemetery’s layered graves and crowded stones make the historic restrictions imposed on Prague’s Jewish community physically visible. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Pinkas Synagogue and Remembrance

2026/08/11

By replacing statistics with individual names, the Pinkas Synagogue preserves the memory of Jewish communities destroyed across Bohemia and Moravia. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Josefov: Prague’s Jewish Town

2026/08/11

Josefov reveals how centuries of Jewish community life survived legal restriction, forced confinement and the near-total reconstruction of its historic neighbourhood. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

The Rudolfinum and Czech Cultural Identity

2026/08/11

The Rudolfinum shows how art, music and public architecture helped Prague express a modern Czech identity before and after independence. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Mánes Bridge and the Vltava

2026/08/11

Crossing the Vltava reveals how the river separated Prague’s historic communities while enabling their trade, expansion and eventual integration. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

Introduction: From Jewish Prague to the Old Town

2026/08/11

This walk traces how Prague’s Jewish, cultural, intellectual and civic communities developed beneath the political authority of Prague Castle. 📍⁠Chapter's Location