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Prague Castle - Golden Lane (Zlatá Ulicka)

Written by cd on May 20, 2007 – 8:32 pm -

This alley at the end of Prague Castle complex provides a surprisingly pleasant escape from the typical grandeur of the Prague Castle. Dotting along the small street are small, colorful houses built right into the arches of the Castle walls. They were built in the 16th century for the King’s castle guards. Then when goldsmiths arrived and lived there in the 17th century, the alley was called “Golden Lane.”

Franz Kafka
The street is now largely occupied by souvenir and book shops. Czech’s famous writer Franz Kafka (house 22) stayed here at his sister’s house between 1916 and 1917. Nobel-laureate poet Jaroslaf Seifert lived here who lived in the 1930s in a now demolished building.