Part of our tour of Prague included a boat ride on the Vltava River, also known as the Moldau. If I could add music to this page, you'd be listening to Bedrich Smetana's "Vltava", some of my favorite music.
We saw the Powder Tower, stands on the site of one of the original 13 gates to the city. Kings passed through here on their way to coronation at Saint Vitus Cathedral. It came by its name when it served as a gunpowder storge space in the 17th century. It was built in 1475 and renovated in the 1990s.
The Národní Divadlo or the National Theatre in Prague is a national monument of Czech history and art. It opened in 1881 but a fire necessitated a major renovation and it opened again in 1883. It was most recently renovated in 1993. Today, this historic and beautiful building, together with the annex of a modern office building which also includes the main box office, represents the main stage of the three artistic ensembles of the National Theatre: the drama, opera and ballet.
Part of the trip included a canal with some beautiful views.
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This is the city hall tower. The top of the clock can be seen in the lower left corner.
The National Gallery is a grand building facing the square.
A monument honoring Jan Hus, the Czech Hussite reformer, erected in 1915 on the occasion of his 500th birthday, dominates the center of the square. It shows two groups of people, a young mother symbolising national rebirth and the figure of Hus emphasising the moral authority of the man who gave up life rather than his beliefs.
The Gothic Church of Our Lady before Tyn was built in 1365 on the site of an earlier Romanesque church. Its magnificent multiple steeples are 262 feet high and dominate the square. Between the early 15th century and the year of 1620 it was the main Hussite church in Prague. 
One of the more modern sights was this velocipede built for a half dozen people. All the riders had to pedal, while one of them steered. It was amusing to watch its progress across the square.
