Castle Entrance

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  • Address
    First Courtyard, Hradčany
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  • Transport
    tram: 22, 23 to Pohořelec or Brusnice
underground rail: Malostranská

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The main gate, on Hradčany Sq, is flanked by huge, 18th-century statues of battling Titans, which dwarf the guards beneath. Playwright-turned-president Václav Havel brought some pizzazz to the castle after 1989, when he hired the Czech costume designer on the film Amadeus to redesign the guards' uniforms and then instigated a changing of the guard ceremony. The most impressive display is at , when banners are exchanged and a band plays.

The changing of the guard ceremony takes place every hour between and ( and in winter).