Basilica of St. James the Greater

This guide to the Basilica of St. James the Greater in Prague centers on the withered arm hanging by the entrance and the legend behind it: a thief who slipped in one night after the jewels on a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a grip that would not let go. It traces how the local butchers' guild came to solve the problem the next morning, and moves on to the Baroque church that rose after a 1689 fire, its enormous organ and an ornate chancellor's tomb. Look up just past the doorway before you head inside.