Our Hotel the Crown Plaza on one of the main streets in Prague.
We went to a city tour of Plague. We went to the Old Town Square with famous Astronomical clock.
Astronomical Clock
I walked through the Wenceslas Square where the Czechs gather during key moments of their modern history. I saw the birthplace or should I say square of the writer F. Kafka nearby the Jewish Quarter.
Jewish Sign outside the Jewish Quater
We walked across the Charles Bridge. St. Vitus Cathedral had the grave of Saint Wenceslas in it.
St. Vitus Cathedral
For anyone that is Jewish we saw the Old and New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter.
The history of the Ghetto of the Jewish Quarter.
Prague used to be one of the most important Jewish cultrual and religious centers in Central Europe. The first Jewish settlement in Prague was around 960 AD. The Jews worked as merchants,which was located at the junctions of important trade routes. The Jewish quarter was demolished after 1893 and the new district was almost entriely rebuilt in the first decade of the 20th century. The new area buildings are of the pseudo-historic styles and Art Noveau style. The Old Jewish Cemetary, the Jewish Town Hall and six synagogues have been preserved without change.
Leading to the Jewish Cemetary
The city of Prague is beautiful and unless last night when we walked around the city, it did not rain.
Prague
Ready to jump over the bridge in Prague!!!
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