The Kaiser Franz-Brücke (Pl. D, 5, 6; toll 2 h.), rebuilt in 1900,
here crosses the Schützeninsel (p. 218) to the Kleinseite (see below).
— Franzens-Quai see p. 222.
From the Josephs-Platz (Josefské náměstí; Pl. G, 4), which
adjoins the Graben (p. 219) on the N.E., the Elizabeth-Strasse
(Eliščina třída) leads to the N. to the Franz-Joseph-Brücke (Pl. G, 3;
toll 2 h.), while the Pořitscher-Strasse (Na poříči) runs E. to the
Nord-West-Bahnhof (p. 217) and to a small Park (Pl. H, 4) con-
taining a War Monument (by J. Max) for 1848 and 1849.
The Municipal Museum (Pl. H, 4), on the S. side of the park, contains
a lapidarium in the basement; on the first floor are works in terracotta,
glass and metal, furniture, coats of arms and ecclesiastical antiquities;
on the second floor, documents, early printed works, views of Prague,
weapons, armour and guild-insignia. Adm. Sun. 10-2 and Wed. 1-5, free
Tues., Frid., and Sat. 1-5, 40 h.
Karolinental, the N.E. suburb of Prague, is, like the opposite
quarter Bubna-Holleschowitz and the quarter of Smichow (Pl. C,
D, 6-8), a busy manufacturing centre. The large Church of SS.
Cyril and Methodius (Pl. I, K, 3) was built in 1854-63 in the style
of the early-Christian basilicas from designs by Karl Rösner.
b. Quarters on the left bank of the Moldau.
From the Karls-Brücke (p. 221) the Brückengasse (Mostecká ulice),
in which, in the court of No. 47, is an unadorned Gothic tower, the
only remains of the old bishop's palace, leads to the Kleinseitner
Ring (Malostranské náměstí; Pl. C, 4), embellished with the bronze
Radetzky Monument, erected in 1858 from designs by Em. and Jos.
Max. The marshal stands on a shield borne by eight soldiers. —
The former Jesuit church of St. Nicholas (Pl. C, 4), in the middle
of the Platz, built in 1673-1752 by the Jesuits, is richly decorated
in the interior. Opposite, on the N. side of the Platz, at the corner
of the Landtagsgasse (Sněmovní ulice), are the Government Offices;
on the W. side is the Office of the Commandant.
From the N.E. angle of the Kleinseitner Ring the Thomas-
gasse (Tomášska ulice) leads past the Gothic St. Thomas's Church
(14th cent.), with an elegant sacristy, to the Waldstein-Platz (Vald-
štýnské náměstí), in which, to the right, is Count Waldstein's
Palace (Pl. D, 4), erected in 1623-30 by Giovanni Marini of Milan
for Albrecht von Wallenstein, or Waldstein, the famous general of
the Thirty Years' War, and still belonging to the family. At the
back is an Open Hall with stucco work by Bartolomeo Bianco, a
former bathing grotto, and a playing hall, where the horse (stuffed)
which Wallenstein rode at the battle of Lützen is shown. On the
first floor are the audience-chamber (renewed in 1854) and several
rooms once inhabited by Wallenstein (with tapestry, furniture,
portraits, etc.). (Castellan in the first court, to the right; fee.)