Thursday, June 22, 2006

Golden Lane

Hordes of tourists crowd this narrow picturesque street. The tiny, brightly colored houses, which now house shops, are built into the wall of the Castle and originally housed Castle guards. The street is named after the goldsmiths who lived here in the 17th Century. The blue house pictured here, No. 22, once housed Franz Kafka, who stayed there with his sister for a few months. Although it seems romantic now, living here would have been very uncomfortable and the area was a slum by the 19th Century.

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