St Vitus Cathedral

Charles IV began it in 1344 with French architect Matthias of Arras, and Peter Parler, builder of Charles Bridge, carried on the work. The Hussite wars left it half-finished, and it was only completed in 1929, with the Gothic Revival front you see from the courtyard.

In the Chapel of St Wenceslas, its walls set with semi-precious stones, the Bohemian crown jewels are kept under lock. The tomb of St John of Nepomuk uses about two tonnes of silver, and Alfons Mucha's 1931 stained-glass window is in the third chapel on the left.