Only in Prague by Duncan J.D. Smith

7 Contents 66 The Tailors’ Ell and the Prague Meridian 176 67 For Book Lovers Only 178 68 The Island of My Homeland 180 69 Heroes of the SecondWorldWar 183 70 The Faust House 187 71 ‘The Marks that Speak’ 189 72 The GiantWater Lilies of Na Slupi 192 73 Slavonic Dances and Moravian Duets 194 74 Curiosities in the Church of Charlemagne 197 Vyšehrad, Smíchov &The Southern Suburbs (Prague 2, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17) 75 Mythical Vyšehrad 199 76 The Last Resting Place of the Czech Patriots 203 77 Botels, Hotels and Other Unusual Lodgings 206 78 The Forgotten Gardens of Prague 208 79 The Plague Cemetery at Smíchov 210 80 Where Mozart was Happiest 212 81 Fossils, Flowers and Volcanoes 215 82 The Hollywood of the East 217 83 The Asian Art Château 220 84 Prague’s Oldest Inhabitants 222 Appendices Opening Times 225 Bibliography 230 Acknowledgments 231 Imprint 232