New secrets of Prague - a book about forgotten and mysterious places of the beloved city of Prague by David Černý from Miluju Prahu - (The book is in Czech language)
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The book New Secrets of Prague is based on articles collected by David Černý in the I Love Prague project over the course of 5 years. In it, you will read about well-known places that hide stories or details that the average visitor or tourist of Prague does not know. You will learn about the laws of a city that has already fallen into oblivion.
You will learn about the 16 kingfishers that decorate the Old Town Bridge Tower, about the mysterious funeral tram that carried deceased soldiers from the hospital to the cemetery, you will see pictures of what the subway would have looked like if it had been built before the war, you will find out what you have to do on the Charles Bridge, so that the patron saint of the bridge, St. John of Nepomuck, will fulfill your wishes. You will look at the darkest place in Europe, the forgotten cemetery of fools in Bohnice, you will learn where the Prague - Královské Vinohrady railway station stood and you will also visit the eel Pepík, who lives in the fountain of the insurance company in Spálená Street
The book contains pictures of the favorite photographers I love Prague Lenka Petruzelová, Petra Skůpová, Peter Čech, Tomáš Syslo, Kamil Procházka, Jaroslav Mareš and David Černý.
