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Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti)

The shopping center of Prague. In the upper part of the square is the statue of St. Wenceslas with four patron saints of Bohemia (St. Prokop, St. Adalbert, St. Ludmila and St. Agnes) by Josef Vaclav Myslbek. 

The National Museum

A neo-Renaissance building designed by architect Josef Schulz in 1885-90.

The National Theatre
A Neo-Rennaisance building of 1868-81, built to plans of J. Zitek. A fire destroyed much of the building in its first year of existence; it was reconstructed by architect Josef Schulz in 1883. 

 

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