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Strahov Monastery vs Narodni Muzeum
Both are rated highly by professional reviewers. On balance, Strahov Monastery ranks significantly better than National Museum. Strahov Monastery scores 93 with endorsements from 8 sources including Michelin Guide, Time Out and Fodor's.
Strahov Monastery
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Strahovske nadvori 1 / 132, Prague 118 00 , Czech Republic
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Fodor's
"The major building of interest is the Strahov Library, with its collection of early Czech manuscripts... and the collected works of famed Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Inside the main gate is the 1612 Church of St Roch (kostel sv Rocha), which is now an art gallery, and the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady (kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie)."
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Travel + Leisure
"Built as a Romanesque basilica in 1143, the Strahov Monastery sits about a mile from Prague Castle and is home to a Roman Catholic order of monks called the Premonstratensians."
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Time Out
"The Premonstratensian Order (or Norbertines) set up house at this monastery in 1140 and soon after embarked upon their austere programme of silent contemplation and celibacy."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Prestigious Strahov Abbey... can be seen from afar due to its towers dominating the green hill of Petrin."
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Narodni Muzeum
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Vaclavske Namesti 68, Praha 1, New Town (Nove Mesto), Prague, Czech Republic
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Fodor's
"Housed in a grandiose neo-Renaissance structure at the top of Wenceslas Square, the National Museum was built between 1885 to 1890 as a symbol of the Czech national revival."
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Frommer's
"The National Museum, dominating upper Wenceslas Square (Václavské námestí), looks so much like an important government building that it even fooled the Soviet soldiers."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Looming above Wenceslas Square is the neo-Renaissance bulk of the National Museum, designed in the 1880s by Josef Schulz as an architectural symbol of the Czech National Revival."
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Time Out
"Built between 1885 and 1890, this neo-Renaissance palace is covered in decades of grime and the street graffiti that has become common in Prague since the Velvet Revolution."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"The Museum's imposing 104-metre-long facade stands opposite Wenceslas Square."
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