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Information centre Between the Táborská brána and Leopoldova brána (daily: April-Oct
9.30am-6pm; Nov-March 9.30am-5pm; praha-vysehrad.cz ) .
Eating and drinking Vyšehrad is perfect for a picnic, though Café Citadella in the south-
western corner of the ramparts is convenient for food and drink, as are the pubs in the streets
below the fortress.
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Vinohrady
Southeast of Nové Město is the predominantly late nineteenth-century district of
VINOHRADY , Prague's most resolutely bourgeois suburb, with two spacious parks -
Riegrovy sady , to the north, and Havlíčkovy sady , to the south - and a fabulous array
of turn-of-the-twentieth-century apartment buildings. In terms of conventional sightseeing,
however, the area is definitely low priority, though there are a few places here (and in neigh-
bouring Žižkov) worth a visit, most of them quick and easy to reach by metro.
Náměstí Míru
Metro Náměstí Míru
If Vinohrady has a centre, it's the verdant piazza of náměstí Míru , a good introduction to
theaspirationsofthisconfident,bourgeoisneighbourhood.Atitscentrestandsthebrick-built
basilica of sv Ludmila , designed by Josef Mocker in the late 1880s in a severe neo-Gothic
style, though the interior furnishings have the odd flourish of Art Nouveau. In front of the
church is a statue commemorating the Čapek brothers , writer Karel and painter Josef, both
local residents, who together symbolized the golden era of the interwar republic. Karel died
of pneumonia in 1938, shortly after the Nazi invasion, while Josef perished in Belsen seven
years later. Two more buildings on the square deserve attention, the most flamboyant being
the Divadlo na Vinohradech , built in 1907, using Art Nouveau and neo-Baroque elements
in equal measure. More subdued, but equally ornate inside and out, is the district's former
Národnídům , a grandiose neo-Renaissance edifice from the 1890s housing a ballroom/con-
cert hall and restaurant.
From náměstí Míru, block after block of tenements, each clothed in its own individual gar-
ment of sculptural decoration, form a grid plan of grand bourgeois avenues stretching east-
wards to the city's great cemeteries . If the weather's nice, you could stroll your way down
Mánesova to Plečnik's church. However, distances are large, and you may prefer to take the
metro.
Nejsvětějšího Srdce Páně (Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord)
Náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad • Open for 40min before services: Mon-Sat 8am & 6pm, Sun 9am, 11am & 6pm •
222 727 713, srdcepane.cz • Metro Jiřího z Poděbrad
 
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