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Renaissance-style during the 17th century, once belonged to a family of violin
makers.
GALLER
ALLERY
MUSEUM MONTANELLI
noon-4pm Sun; 12, 20, 22)
Tourists, drawn in by an attractive cafe, rub shoulders with
connoisseurs of the Czech art world in this private gallery. Having rapidly become a
focus for contemporary art in Prague, it provides a showcase for up-and-coming
artists from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as staging exhibitions by more estab-
lished international names.
SSQUARE
ARE
MALOSTRANSKÉ NÁMĚSTÍ
( 12, 20, 22)
Malostranské náměstí, Malá Strana's main square, is divided into an
upper and lower part by St Nicholas Church, the district's most distinctive landmark.
The square has been the hub of Malá Strana since the 10th century, though it lost
some of its character when Karmelitská street was widened early in the 20th century,
and a little more when Prague's first Starbucks opened here in 2008.
Today, it's a mixture of official buildings and touristy restaurants, with a tram line
through the middle of the lower square. The nightclub and bar at No 21, Malostranská
nobles wrote the so-called České Konfese (Czech Confession), a pioneering demand
for religious tolerance addressed to the Habsburg emperor that was eventually passed
into Czech law by Rudolf II in 1609. On 22 May 1618 Czech nobles gathered at the
rebellion against the Habsburg rulers - the next day they flung two Habsburg council-
lors out of a window in Prague Castle.
Northern Malá Strana
GARDENS
ARDENS
PALACE GARDENS BENEATH PRAGUE CASTLE
(Palácové zahrady pod Pražským hradem;
Valdštejnská 12-14; adult/child 80/50Kč;
10am-9pm Jun & Jul, to 8pm Aug, to 7pm May &
