Golden Lane

Name: Golden Lane
Address: Daliborky 30/38, Prague, Prague, CZ

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Golden Lane is a street of small houses inside Prague Castle, in Prague’s Hradčany quarter.

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House 20A half-timbered upper floor and an exhibition showing a 16th-century dwelling.House 20 on Golden Lane.
House 13A room preserving the original arrangement within an arch of the castle wall.House 13 on Golden Lane.
House 22Franz Kafka wrote here in 1916–1917; the house is now a bookshop selling mainly his works.House 22 on Golden Lane.
Dalibor TowerThe tower connected to the lane was once a dungeon.At the eastern end of Golden Lane.

Know before you go Tips for your visit

Golden Lane is paved with cobblestones.
A staircase in house 12 leads to the terrace in front of Dalibor Tower.
The exhibitions in nine houses can be viewed through glass from their entrances.

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Painter and filmmaker Jiří Trnka designed the houses’ colour scheme.
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The castle guards paid to build their own homes and later bought and sold them.
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A defensive passage above the wall arches connects the White Tower and Daliborka.
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Writers and poets including František Halas, Jaroslav Seifert and Vítězslav Nezval gathered in house 12.
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Fortuneteller Matylda Průšová, also known as Madame de Thébes, lived at number 14 before World War II.
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Goldsmiths later lived there, giving the lane its name in the 17th century.

1597Rudolf II allowed castle guards to build rooms in the arches of the repaired fortification wall.
17th c.Goldsmiths lived on the lane and gave it its name.
1864Additions and wooden sheds were cleared, leaving the houses along the northern wall.
1955A renovation led by architect Pavel Janák was completed.

Where

Daliborky 30/38, Prague

Is Golden Lane free to visit?

Entry is free after the Prague Castle interiors close.

Where is Golden Lane in Prague?

Golden Lane is inside Prague Castle in the Hradčany quarter, between the White Tower and Dalibor Tower.

What can you see at Golden Lane?

The lane has colourful houses, galleries, shops and exhibitions. Medieval armour is displayed in a former fortification.

Can you visit Franz Kafka's house on Golden Lane?

House 22 is now a bookshop selling mainly Kafka's works. He wrote there in 1916–1917.

What is inside the houses on Golden Lane?

House 20 shows a 16th-century dwelling, while house 13 preserves a room built into an arch of the castle wall.

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