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VanDam's new 2019 STREETSMART® Prague maps all top attractions including, major architecture, museums, churches, hotels, royal gardens, synagogues, theaters, concert halls and more at an immensely legible scale of 1:12,000 complete with 3-D building illustrations. There is a special cutaway schematic of the famed Prague Castle. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is film-laminated, accordion folded and pocket size. Coverage: Central Prague Street Map 1:24,000; Jewish Quarter & Stare Mesto Map: 1:12,000; 3D Prague Castle Map: 1:2,700; Prague Subway & Train map. Dimensions: 4 x 9 folded, 9 x 24 unfolded, fits into shirt pocket or purse. STREETSMART® Prague is so legible you will easily understand how all parts of the city connect. From The Golden Lane in the Castle to the Kafka Museum, the Petrin Tower to the Staranova in the Jewish Quarter, and the Wallenstein to the Kinsky Gardens. Prague, the city of 100 spires, is studded with architectural styles from Romanesque to Gothic, Baroque to Neo Classical, Art Nouveau to Cubist & Modern to Deconstructivist. Such riches attract multitudes of tourists. Try to go off season. STREETSMART® Prague covers all the bases from God's perspective to the most minute details. Whatever your proclivities may be this map shows you how to get there with confidence. The walk from the Castle down Nerudova named after the poet Pablo Nerudas family to Mostecka over the Charles Bridge into Star Mesto, the Gothic quarter, is filled with Central European history and counts as one of the most sensuous urban experiences in the world. Saints grace the bridge while the scent of roses transfixes the walker heading toward the Klementinum and National Archives. Next to the Old Town Hall visit the statue of Jan Hus, the famed Czech theologian who was burnt at the stake for heresy against the Catholic church. As founder of Hussitism h