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marked “Dukla”, and a case containing a handful of earth from the Slovak pass where some
eightythousandSovietandCzechoslovaksoldierslosttheirlivesinthefirst(andmostcostly)
battle to liberate the country in October 1944.
Thetownhallisapopularplacetogetmarried,butvisitorscanalsoseetheRomano-Gothic
cellars
, and the Gothic
chapel
, designed by Peter Parler, which has patches of medieval wall
painting, plus a couple of relatively unexciting municipal chambers. You can also see the
Apostles on the square's
astronomical clock
close up - and if you're there just before the
clockstrikesthehour,youcanwatchthemfilingout.However,therealtreathereisaclamber
up the
tower
for a panoramic sweep across Prague's spires; tickets are available on the third
floor. Climbing the tower also gets you a peek at the vast
model
of contemporary Prague,
on the fourth floor, made over the course of twenty years out of cardboard and plexiglass by
Vlastimil Slíva and Jiří Straka.