Prague, Czech Republic: Strahov Monastery
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English - September 28, 2016 15:00 - 2 minutes - 26.5 MB Video - ★★★★ - 220 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture rick steves travel europe video Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Prague's Strahov Monastery is most noted for its large library — a Baroque center of learning, with ornate reading rooms and old-fashioned science exhibits. It’s hard to overestimate the importance of these books before the Information Age swept through Europe. At http://www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.