The Klementinum was founded by Jesuit monks in 1556 and became one of the early centres of education and culture in Europe. It has a long and interesting history and has seen many renowned scholars walk through its halls. It is home to the National Library with its main room being the famous Baroque hall which contains many rare and value works dating back to the first century. We were all quite impressed by the library and really wished that we could walkthrough it to take in all of those amazing works. Alas we could only just wander past the door to take a look and a photograph or two. Luckily we got to go up the very steep stairs to the (almost) top of the astronomical tower. We had more fantastic views from the tower and we got to see some of the astronomical instruments that have been used to measure time among other things.
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