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  • Image used on the Seven of Cups, Tarot of Prague

    Our map uncovers secrets of The Tarot of Prague

    The Tarot of Prague, Baba Studio's first deck, has caught on with tourists. They have gone looking to uncover the deck's secrets by seeking the places used to create the images.

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    Terror of a bald ghost haunting Wig Maker’s Hill

    A wildly unlikely tale attempts to explain the odd name of a local park. A hill overlooking Prague’s largest cemetery, Olšanské hřbitovy, has an undeservedly shady reputation but is now home to…

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    Jan Mikolášek: the herbal healer showcased in the film Charlatan

    A folk-medicine expert with an alleged gift treated over 5 million people, including many celebrities but critics call him a charlatan The new Czech-Irish-Polish-Slovak biopic Charlatan (Šarlatán) takes a look at the…

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  • Maisel Synagogue Magic Prague

    Mystical gold coins gave rise to two of Prague’s synagogues

    Rather fanciful tales put a colorful spin on the origins of some buildings in the Prague’s historical Jewish quarter

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  • Basilica at Strahov magic prague tarot

    Warning! Don’t try robbing a grave in Prague

    The failed attempt of the Swedish army to conquer Prague at the end of the Thirty Years’ War has been back in the news, as a Baroque-style Victory Column that was toppled…

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  • olomouc prague bohemia tarot vampires

    A practical guide to Moravian vampires

    In the early 1700s, the Czech Republic was the center of activity for suspected vampires and the undead There was a “vampire panic” across much of Central and Eastern Europe in the…

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  • Štvanice Island prague bohemia tarot

    Native American and African ghosts haunt far from home

    Two of Prague’s sadder ghost legends tell of people who died while on tour with traveling shows Prague has two resident ghosts – a Native American and an African – who died…

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  • Kozí Street magic prague bohemia tarot ghostly goat

    Ghostly goats of the Golden City

    Among the more curious supernatural apparitions in Prague are some stubborn ghostly goatsPrague at night is a virtual menagerie of spectral animals. There are the mundane yet otherworldly dogs and cats, and…

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  • German Evangelical Cemetery magic prague bohemia tarot cemetery row

    Prague’s cemetery row is a sculpture garden of history

    The city’s gardens of stone offer a retreat from the overly touristed center Visitors to Prague can be quickly overwhelmed by how crowded the main tourist attractions are. But the city’s cemetery…

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  • Leopold Gate Vyšehrad magic prague bohemia tarot

    A ghostly French major haunts the tunnels of Vyšehrad

    The War of Succession left behind a French ghost at Vyšehrad who refuses to accept defeat Not all soldiers leave after a war. Some are left in faraway graves, while others refuse…

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  • house at deathmagic prague bohemia tarot

    The tragedy of the House at Death

    A May – December romance went horribly wrong in the House at Death in Prague’s Old TownPrague’s street Dlouhá třída, now lined with touristy bars and expensive shops, was once where the…

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  • Karmelitská Street Magic prague bohemia tarot

    Two ghosts who nailed it: a pair of grim Prague legends

    Malá Strana has two ghosts who suffered painful deaths that involved iron nails A pair of otherwise unrelated ghosts a few streets apart in Prague’s historical Malá Strana area have something in…

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