Together with the funicular the look-out tower was opened on July 28th 1891 on the occasion of the Jubilee Exhibition in Prague. In shape and construction it was supposed to be a small version of the Eiffel tower in Paris. The Petřín look-out tower is 63,5 metres high and is approximately five times smaller than the Eiffel tower. Though if...
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The Petřín park is one of the largest parks in Prague. It was founded in an area that used to be a wood reaching as far as the Bílá Hora. Vineyards were planted here as early as the 12th century.The park was created by the joining up of the Na Nebozízku, Seminářská and Kinská gardens. The gardens...
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The maze on the Prague Petřín hill was originally a pavilion of the Czech Tourist Club built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891.
This complicated glass corridor used to stand in the exhibition grounds in Stromovka and was transferred to its present location in 1892.
Inside the former pavilion at the end of the maze you can see a panoramic...
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The snow-white “water palace” decorating the riverbank in Podolí belongs to the most interesting works by architect and later also rector of Czech Technical University, Antonín Engel. The new modern Podolí waterworks, built in 1927 to 1929, belonged to our biggest reinforced concrete buildings, and we think that we...
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Archaeological findings of remnants of foundation stones prove that the oldest building standing in this location was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style. It must have been one of the oldest, if not the oldest, synagogues in Prague. As an old Hebrew memorial tablet testifies, in 1535 Žalman Hořovský, known as Munka, built a...
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The panorama of the Prague Castle is one of the most famous views of Prague. The Czech rulers moved their seat to the Prague Castle as early as the 9th century and at this time they built the second oldest Christian church in the country here. Many Czech sovereigns ruled from here and took part in the long development of the Prague Castle complex....
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