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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Everyone passing through the Jiřího z Poděbrad Square will surely notice the modern, unusual church right in the centre of the square. I myself had always just turned my eyes towards this curious, bold building, until one day I entered it to take a better look at the Church of the Sacred Heart. I was enchanted. While on the outside, the...
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The monumental palace with its 150 metre long façade was founded in 1669 by the Imperial ambassador in Venice, Jan Humprecht Černín of Chudenic.
The building site was chosen at one of the highest point in Prague (275 metres above sea level), 18 metres higher than the floor of the St Vitus Cathedral. Černín was set on...
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History
Essentially, the tower at the western end of the bridge comprises two towers of different appearance, origin and size. The smaller of the towers was erected in the Romanesque style. It was part of the Judith Bridge (which was Prague’s first stone bridge built in the first half of the 12th century) but it is actually older. The...
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The first Baroque palace in Prague was built as an aristocratic home in 1623-1630 by the Imperial General Albrecht Václav Eusebius Waldstein.
The Waldstein Palace, originally supposed to outdo even the Prague Castle with its size and interiors, was built in place of 26 houses in the Lesser Quarter. Its style is a mixture of late...
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The Hvězda Summer Pavilion situated in the game enclosure of the same name probably needs no introduction. A favourite destination for walks, a paradise for runners in summer and for cross-country skiers in winter, and a place connected with the Battle of White Mountain. However, the Summer Pavilion hides many a secret behind its simple...
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History
The St Agnes Convent was founded by the Premyslid Princess Anežka (Agnes), sister of King Václav I in 1231 as the first convent of the Order of Poor Clares north of the Alps. It was the first Gothic building in Prague. The grounds originally had a larger Poor Clare convent and less significant monastery of Friars Minor, that was...
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According to old legends Vyšehrad used to be the first seat of the Czech kings who ruled over a country of western Slavs. One of the first rulers was princess Libuše who chose as her husband a ploughman called Přemysl. This man of simple stock became the founder of the first Czech royal dynasty – the Přemyslids – who...
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