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Left Troja Chateau Centre Bertramka Right Ol√any Cemetery
Best of the Rest
Lapidarium
This is where Prague's old
statues go when they retire.
Among the 700-plus items are
the original St Wenceslas from
Wenceslas Square. d V†stavi√t∂
422, Hole√ovice • Map B5• Open noon-
6pm Tue-Fri; 10am-6pm Sat-Sun • Dis.
access • Adm
museum on his life. d Mozartova
169, Smíchov • Map A6 • Open 9:30am-
6pm Tue-Sun • Adm
Barrandov Studios
The Nazis turned Prague's
film studios into a propaganda mill
during World War II, as did the
Communists, but today they are
thriving as western filmmakers
discover Prague (see pp46-7) .
d K∫í≈eneckého nám∂stí 5, Barrandov
• Map B5 • 267 071111 • Open by appt
• Free
Troja Château
Jean-Baptiste Mathey created
Count Sternberg's 17th-century
palace when Classical Italian was
all the architectural rage. Inside is
a collection of 19th-century Czech
art. d U Trojského zámku 1, Troja • Map
B5 • Open 10am-6pm Tue-Sun • Adm
Ol√any Cemetery
Plague victims were interred
here when the site was still far
from the city. Notable residents
include Jan Palach, a student
who burned himself alive in
protest at the 1968 Warsaw-Pact
invasion. d Map B5
Troja Zoo
Prague's zoological gardens,
dating from 1924, are catching
up with western zoos, but still
lack some creature comforts. The
most popular exhibits are the big
cats and gorillas. d U Trojského
zámku 120, Troja • Map B5 • Open 9am-
6pm daily • Adm
New Jewish Cemetery
The writer Franz Kafka's
memorial is here, as are those of
many other Prague Jews who
perished in the Holocaust (see
p25) . d Map B5
B∫evnov Monastery
St Adalbert founded this
Benedictine monastery in 993.
You can see remains of the
Romanesque church, and the
18th-century church of St Mar-
garet. d Markétská, B∫evnov • Map B5
• 220 406111 • Open by appt • Adm
Slapy Reservoir
The dam in the Vltava not
only helps prevent flooding, it
makes a nice swimming and
boating reserve. d Map B5
Panelaks
The majority of Prague's
residents still live in these
avowedly ugly prefab estates.
Have a look around and consider
yourself lucky. d Map B5
Bertramka
The house where Mozart and
his wife stayed while the com-
poser worked on Don Giovanni
has been turned into a small
Don't miss the chairlift ride over the whole complex of Troja
Zoo - great for kids.
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