Secret Prague: A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar by MARTIN STEJSKAL (English

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Let Secret Prague guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Prague travel guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Let Secret Prague guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Prague guide book and let local expert Martin Stejskal, share these well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in this guide are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.Inside Secret Prague:A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief 's shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner …Unmissable for lovers of architecture, from Baroque to Art Nouveau via Cubism, and the European capital of alchemy and esotericism in the 17th century, Prague offers a myriad of little-known marvels. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Prague well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city

Author Biography

Martin Stejskal, historian, philosopher, artist and internationally recognised specialist on the city where he has spent his life, opens the doors to one of the most secret and captivating capitals in the world.

Long Description

A totally overlooked Art Nouveau masterpiece, a forgotten Cubist lamp-post, secrets of the castle alchemists, the message in the hidden palindrome on Charles Bridge, the Kabbalistic mysteries of the Jewish ghetto, a thief's shrivelled forearm hanging in a church, a statue revealing its intestines, the largest wind tunnel in the Czech Republic, a fragment of the Great Pyramid of Cheops in a pet cemetery, a clock that runs backwards, a house/museum painted blue to meet the needs of the partially blind musician owner ... Unmissable for lovers of architecture, from Baroque to Art Nouveau via Cubism, and the European capital of alchemy and esotericism in the 17th century, Prague offers a myriad of little-known marvels.An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Prague well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.

Details ISBN2361956152 Pages 256 Series 'Secret' Guides Language English Year 2023 Edition 3rd ISBN-10 2361956152 ISBN-13 9782361956158 Format Paperback AU Release Date 2023-07-01 NZ Release Date 2023-07-01 US Release Date 2023-07-01 UK Release Date 2023-07-01 Subtitle A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar Place of Publication Paris Publisher Jonglez Edition Description 3rd ed. Publication Date 2023-10-31 Imprint Jonglez Country of Publication France Replaces 9782361952228 Audience General DEWEY 914.371204514 Author MARTIN STEJSKAL We've got this

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