Daily 10 am - 10 pm; entrance fee 40 CZK; Celetna street; Metro: Namesti Republiky (B)

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Sounds like a case for the record book: the Gothic tower was begun in 1475 and completed 400 years later! In 1484 work was interrupted on the prestige object because King Vladislav shifted his seat of government from the Old Town to the Castle.

Daily 10 am to 10 pm; entrance fee: 40 CZK; Karluv most; metro: Staromestka (A)

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Tourists from all over the world stroll on the spot where, in 1648, an army of students and Jews held out against the Swedes, marking a turning point in the Thirty Years’ War. During the battle, the decoration on the bridge side of the tower was destroyed.

Daily 9 am to 6 pm; entrance fee: 40 CZK; metro: Staromestska (A)

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The most-photographed boy-group since the Beatles! A Prague newspaper thus nicknamed the twelve Figures of the Apostles, who look down every hour from two inconspicuous openings in the Town Hall Tower.

Ovocn trh 5; Metro: Mustek (A, B)

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The name of the educational establishment still has a certain ring to it even after 650 years. Charles IV founded the first Central European University in April, 1348.

Daily, except Mon 9 am to 4.30 pm; 90 CZK; Loretánské náměstí 7; Metro: Hradčans

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When they see the Loreta, Italian visitors are generally surprised to discover an uncanny resemblance t the shrine outside Ancona. Rightly so. The Prague ensemble, built between 1626 and 1631, is a copy. Originally, the “Casa Santa” was said to be the home of the Virgin Mary in Nazareth.