What is art? It is a ____ that has divided opinion for ____ of years. When people think of art, they ____ think of famous pictures, like da Vinci’s ____ Lisa, or well-known sculptures, such as Rodin’s The ____, but art can be many things besides and can appear in the ____ unexpected places. Music, architecture, ____, tattoos – even rubbish – all come under the ____ title of art. Prague is the ____ of the Czech Republic and a great ____ to see all kinds of art. In recent years, it has ____ very popular with tourists and is ____ for its art and its culture. But visitors don’t need to visit a gallery or a ____ to see the wonderful artworks Prague has to offer. Art, both ____ and modern, is everywhere. You can see it in the city’s architecture, its ____ and even its graffiti. This is the Lennon Wall – it’s a ____ wall filled with graffiti inspired by the Beatle, ____ Lennon. During the Communist era, it was a place where people ____ protest anonymously. Every time the paintings and ____ were covered over by the ____ authorities, people drew them again at night. This graffiti ____ the struggle against ____ and the style influenced a lot of later artists, such as the ____ artist Banksy. Another ____ example of art from the Soviet era is the Žižkov ____ Tower. Built in 1985, the tower was not originally popular with the ____ people. Many people thought it was ugly and did not ____ in the historic area where it was built. ____ though, it has become much more popular. These ____ crawling up the tower were added in 2000. They were created by the Czech artist David Černý and have ____ one of the most well-known examples of ____ art in Europe. This is the ____ House. Designed in 1992, the building was ____ in 1996. The design looks like two dancers and is a fantastic example of ____, non-traditional architecture. Its unusual shape ____ a lot of controversy because some people ____ it didn’t fit in with the baroque and art nouveau ____ of the area. Today, however, it is one of the city’s most ____ tourist attractions. Of course, ____ is also famous for its traditional architecture. The most famous ____ of this is Prague Castle. The castle, ____ when the city was founded in 885, has towered over Prague’s ____ for over 1,200 years. It combines churches, palaces and ____. This is St Vitus Cathedral, a gothic-style ____ standing at the top of the castle area. It’s over 650 years old Another ____ historic landmark is the Charles Bridge, named in the ____ century after Charles the fourth, the Emperor reigning at the time. The ____ crosses the Vltava River and joins the ____ of the city with the area around Prague Castle. And this is ____ Lane, where soldiers guarding the castle lived. The lane, ____ after the goldsmiths that moved here after the soldiers ____ left, is one of the most picturesque locations in ____. Franz Kafka, the Czech writer, also lived here. Classical ____ are everywhere in Prague. There are statues on top of the ____ theatre, and this famous monument to Saint ____, the patron saint of the Czech ____, is in the city’s central square. In many areas of the city ____ traditional monuments sit beside ____ contemporary modern art, proving that, whatever you ____ art is, Prague has something ____ can enjoy.

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