The Gothic cathedral situated on the second courtyard of the Prague Castle is the largest church in Prague. It was founded by Charles, then the Moravian margrave, together with his father John of Luxemburg in 1344 to celebrate the promotion of the Prague bishopric to an archbishopric. In 1346 Charles became the Czech king Charles IV.
At Charles...
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The Charles Bridge across the Vltava river which joins together the Old Town with the Lesser Quarter is considered to be the most famous Prague monument. It was founded on July 9th 1357 and built during the reign of Charles IV in place of the Judith Bridge which had been destroyed during a flood in 1342.
The Charles Bridge measures 520 metres...
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The Church of St Nicholas in the Lesser Quarter in Prague is the highlight of Jesuit architecture from the Baroque period. It was built in the location of an older Gothic church and its construction took nearly 60 years. The church was designed by the best Baroque architects of Prague – Kryštof Dientzenhofer and later on his son...
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The first Jesuit College in Prague was built in 1653-1723 in place of 32 houses,
3 churches, 7 farmsteads and several gardens. It is the second largest complex of buildings in Prague after the Prague Castle.
The oldest part of the Clementinum is the western wing in Křížovnická Street, built around the middle of the 17th...
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9 Jul 2010
- 17 Oct 2010
, 10:00AM - 6:00PM
- PRAHA
The authority of Prague Castle takes the liberty to announce that the exhibition “Cartier at Prague Castle – the Power of Style” will be open in the riding hall Jízdárna at Prague Castle from 9th July, 2010. It will present exceptional jewellery, watches and luxurious objects created by the Maison Cartier.
The...
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In the densely built-up area of the Old Town, at the corner of Konviktská and Karoliny Světlé streets, there is probably the oldest Prague Romanesque rotunda – Rotunda of Finding of the Holy Cross – Church of the Holy Cross.
In the 17th century, the rotunda belonged to the Dominican order of St. Giles. The chapel was...
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