Situated on the southern side of the Prague Castle, this palace - originally a princely one, from the 13th century a royal one - was the seat of the head of state until the end of the 16th century when the Habsburgs moved to the western part of the Castle. The rooms of the Old Royal Palace then served mostly as offices, sometimes as storage...
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The Old-New Synagogue in Prague is the oldest synagogue in Europe. It was built around the year 1270 in early Gothic style and belongs amongst the oldest preserved Gothic monuments in Prague. The origin of the name “Old-New” is unclear and there are several explanations. According to one version a new synagogue was built on old...
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Today it is the oldest unharmed Jewish cemetery as it survived the Nazi occupation unscathed. The cemetery was founded in the first half of the 15th century. The oldest tombstone, bearing the date of April 25th 1439, is that of Avigdor Kara, a scholar and poet who survived the pogrom of 1389 and wrote an elegy in memory of its victims.
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Above the Vltava river on the first bridge pillar of the Charles Bridge in Prague stands the Old Town Bridge Tower. It is a Gothic tower that was built by Petr Parléř in 1380, though work on the sculptural details continued longer.
In true Medieval spirit the tower was supposed to be protected against bad weather conditions and the...
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13 Nov 2010
- 14 Nov 2010
, 10:00AM - 3:00PM
OPEN CELLARS FESTIVAL
Wine Cellars in South Moravia..
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8 Feb 2011
, 7:00PM
- PRAHA
The brand-new, full-length narrative ballet Othello has been specially created for the National Theatre Ballet by the groundbreaking choreographer and stage director Youri Vàmos. The world premiere performances of the work, conceived to Leoš Janáček’s music, will take place in the historical building of the National...
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