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Secrets of Prague / David Černý ; translated by David Livingstone.

Van Pelt Library DB2607 .C4713 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Černý, David, 1971- author, photographer.
Contributor:
Livingstone, David (Professor of English literature), translator.
Standardized Title:
Velká tajemství Prahy. English
Language:
Czech
English
Subjects (All):
Prague (Czech Republic)--Guidebooks.
Prague (Czech Republic).
Prague (Czech Republic)--Description and travel.
Prague (Czech Republic)--History.
Prague (Czech Republic)--Pictorial works.
Genre:
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Physical Description:
135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Manufacture:
[Prague?] : Tiskárny Havlíčkův Brod a.s.
Place of Publication:
Prague : Grada Publishing, 2024.
Language Note:
In English, translated from Czech.
Contents:
On the hedgehogs in the bell tower of the Church of Saint Peter (Petrská zvonice)
The mystery of the Lesser Town (Malostranský) graveyard
The statue of Bruncvík on Charles Bridge
The predecessor to Charles Bridge
The four spheres of the Old Town Bridge Tower
A Prague mystery
The balcony at Charles Bridge
The Old Town weir
When Sigismund speaks out
The eel Pepa from the fountain of the insurance office
The Devil's stones
A stroll to the three Prague 'est'
Where the oldest Prague traffic sign is located
Loreta
The Clementinum
Pacifik
St. Nicholas Church
Guard stones
The final living witness to the martyr's death of 14 Franciscans
Trees on Petřin hill
When animals were bred at the Prague Castle
Churches of Charles IV in the Prague New Town
Hidden signs and legends of the Prague astronomical clock
Moving of the Saint Wenceslas column
Břetislavova Street
House at the Last Lantern on Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane)
The horse Ardo
The Pachta z Rájova Palace
Marian column
House at the Green Frog (dům U Zelené žáby)
The mystery of the Faust House.
Notes:
Photographs are by the author and others.
ISBN:
9788024752501
8024752506
OCLC:
1559911343

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