One of the most beautiful cities that I have ever visited is Prague in the CzechRepublic. The city is absolutely gorgeous with a magnificent city center with ornate bridges and buildings. One would never know that this stunning city has a dark secret – a violent and sinister past that still haunts it to this day – literally.
They say that Prague is the most haunted city in central Europe, maybe even the most haunted city in the world. The city even offers walking ghost tours through the OldTown for tourists to learn a little bit about the haunting spirits.
Prague Castle
Prague Castle is city’s most popular attraction. It was the home of Emperor Charles IV and his four wives in the 1600’s and is still occupied to this day. The Castle is like a maze connecting several buildings, cathedrals and courtyards. The crypts in the castle are still open today for those willing to go in the deep, dark, and dusty lower levels where the ghosts of the wives are said to bicker amongst themselves in the night time.
Old Royal Castle
Nearby is the Old Royal Castle where two Catholic governors were thrown out of a high window to fall to their deaths in 1618 by a Protestant leader. This incident is the event that triggered the Thirty Years War. The bitter ghosts of the governors are said to roam the area seeking revenge for the wrongs committed against them.
Jewish Quarter
The famous author, Franz Kafka was often inspired by the old Jewish Quarter in Prague. The Alt-Neu Synagogue is where thousands of Jews where brutally murdered before and during the Second World War. The graveyard behind the synagogue contains the bodies of over 12,000 killed Jews. The bodies are sometimes stacked twelve to fifteen deep, as there was a law preventing the bodies of the Jews to be buried outside of this solemn Jewish ghetto. This area is said to be the most haunted part of the city and is the most visited destination during the city’s ghost tours.
Though you may not believe in ghosts and may joke about them, if you go to Prague there is no doubt that you will feel some type of spiritual force. There’s a reason that Prague is almost always depicted as a city of villains in action movies – the city has a mysterious past and some things never change.
Whether or not you believe the city is haunted- go there and see for yourself before forming your opinion either way.
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Erica Lange - Erica Lange is an accomplished free-lance writer with a degree in Business Administration and Foreign Language International Studies from ...
