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Castle and Petřín

7 stops, from Strahov Monastery to Petřín Lookout Tower.

Distance
4.3 km
Walking
58 min on foot
Stops
7
Strahov Monastery1Prague Castle2St. Vitus Cathedral3Golden Lane4St. Nicholas Church5Lennon Wall6Petřín Lookout Tower7
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Stops

  1. Strahov Monastery

    Strahov Monastery is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic.

    1.0 km to the next stop

  2. Prague Castle

    Prague Castle is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Built in the 9th century, the castle has long served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. As such, the term "Prague Castle" or simply "Hrad" are often used as metonymy for the president and his staff and advisors.

    140 m to the next stop

  3. St. Vitus Cathedral

    The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral.

    340 m to the next stop

  4. Golden Lane

    Golden Lane is a street situated in Prague Castle, Czech Republic. Originally built in the 16th century to house Rudolf II’s castle guards, it takes its name from the goldsmiths that lived there in the 17th century. Golden Lane consists of small houses, painted in bright colours in the 1950s.

    1.0 km to the next stop

  5. St. Nicholas Church

    The Church of Saint Nicholas is a Baroque church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It was built between 1704 and 1755 on the site where formerly a Gothic church from the 13th century stood, which was also dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It has been described as the greatest example of Prague Baroque.

    420 m to the next stop

  6. Lennon Wall

    The Lennon Wall or John Lennon Wall, located at Velkopřevorské náměstí, Malá Strana, is a historic legal graffiti wall in Prague, Czechia. After the 1980 murder of John Lennon a mural of Lennon was painted by an unknown artist onto the wall and as more people expanded upon it, the wall slowly became a place for free expression of then communist Czechoslovakia. It has historically been used for demonstrations and carries a central theme of John Lennon, but it also features designs relating to local and global causes such as global warming.

    1.3 km to the next stop

  7. Petřín Lookout Tower

    The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today, the tower is a major tourist attraction.