Easy hikes and walks around Dam České údolí

The monument commemorates the important Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824 to 1884). Under the protection and supervision of his much older cousin Josef František Smetana, Bedřich Smetana completed his studies in Pilsen and obtained his Abitur here on August 6, 1843.

The Baroque Church of St. Anne, built between 1712 and 1735, was part of the former Dominican monastery. It was designed by the architect Jakub Auguston. Today, the church is used by the Czech Orthodox community.

The former Dominican monastery of St. Rosalie with the church of St. Anne and St. Rosalie is a baroque building designed by the well-known Pilsen architect Jakub Auguston Jr. The foundation stone was laid in 1712. The monastery was dissolved in 1782 as a result of the reforms of Emperor Joseph II. Today it houses the Study and Science Library of the Pilsen Region.

The gardens are part of an area that was gradually created on the site of the demolished city walls and the filled-in moat from the beginning of the 19th century. Mayor Martin Kopecký had the city walls removed and, in their place, created orchards in a wide green belt around the old town. Today, these gardens are known as Pětatřicátníků-, Smetana-, Kopecký-, Šafaříkova-, Křižíkova-, and 5.- května-Park.

The water tower (also Schwarzer Turm) at the entrance to the historic old town was part of the city fortifications. The five-story tower is directly connected to the single-story water tower. It served its purpose from the mid-16th century until the end of the 19th century. The underground part of the building is now part of the Pilsen Underground tour. The above-ground part is used as a multifunctional space, including a gallery for modern art, a museum dedicated to the Škoda family, a jewelry store, and a tattoo studio. The water house served as an office for city officials for many years.

The Great Synagogue is the largest synagogue in the Czech Republic. It is also the second largest synagogue in Europe (after the Budapest Synagogue) and the fifth largest in the world (after the two synagogues in Jerusalem, the one in New York, and the one in Budapest). The Great Synagogue was built between 1888 and 1892 in the Neo-Romanesque style with Moorish elements, according to the plans of the Viennese architect Max Fleischer. Its two towers are 45 meters high. The place of worship, unused for almost two decades and slowly decaying, was reconstructed between 1995 and 1997 and reopened in the spring of 1998.

One of the city's most important cultural monuments is the Josef Kajetan Tyl Theatre (Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla). It has three stages: the Grand Theatre in the original Neo-Renaissance building from 1902, the New Theatre, and the Small Stage in the New Theatre. It was designed by the architect Antonín Balšánek (1865-1921). The hall of the Grand Theatre today, after renovations in the 1980s, seats 444 spectators, while originally it could accommodate around 1100 people.

On three corners of the square are the modernly designed fountains from July 2010. Architect Ondřej Císler designed them, using motifs from the Pilsen coat of arms: a greyhound, an angel, and a camel. The water spouts are made of gold-leaf-covered bronze; the basins into which the water falls are made of black granite.