Named after the plaited bread rolls first baked here in The Middle Ages. Today Celetna Street is a pedestrian’s lane from the Old Town square to the Powder Tower (part of the Royal Route walk). Street is one of the oldest in the city where you can see quite a few architecturally and historically important houses, such as at the Three Kings, at the White Lion, at the Black Sun and at the Vulture. The most interesting one is the Cubist facade on the House of the Black Madonna, which dates from 1912 and houses a branch of the Czech Museum of Fine Arts with a permanent exhibition on Czech Cubism. Another interesting building is Mint House which was built in the baroque style in the 18th century, and from the late 18th century housed Prague's military headquarters. Probably the best preserved historic houses on the street are the parsonage (Celetna 5/601) and the house U Tri Kralu (At the Three Kings; Celetna 3/602). In both, the original Gothic brickwork has been preserved including the 14th-century gables. The latter was once inhabited by the young Franz Kafka. Examples of the earliest, Romanesque, style may be found in the basement of virtually every house on this street. Many of them are currently used as wine bars and restaurants because over the centuries the ground level of the street sunk by several metres. Some of Prague's famous restaurants are as well situated on the Celetna Street: House At the Golden Vulture, At the Spider and At the Golden Stag. Celetna is also a good place to shop for antiques, glassware and jewellery. If you like theatre, there is one at Celetna St. no. 17. 

Architectural sights:
House at the Black Madona (Dům U černé Matky Boží); Celetná 34/ 569
Menhart House (Menhartovský dům); Celetná 17/595
Caretto-Millesimo Palace (Celetná 13/597)
Hrzánský Palace; Celetná 12/558
House At the White Peacock (U bílého páva), Celetná 10/557
House At the Black Sun (U černého slunce), Celetná 8/556
House At the White Lion (U bílého Iva); Celetná 6/555