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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The stone Šítka tower was built in 1588–91 after a fire which destroyed the original wooden tower. After attacks from the Swedish it was then being repaired until 1651, and distributed water to New Town fountains for 200 years.
Šítka watermills (named after the temporary owner Jan Šítka in the 1st...
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The astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square is one of Prague’s greatest attractions. According to legends, it was constructed by Master Hanuš. He was blinded by order of the town council so that he could not create such a masterpiece elsewhere. The story says an apprentice accompanied Master Hanuš, who was...
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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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This imposing building in Prague with a façade of more than 100 metres in length is located on the Wenceslas Square in the New Town. It was built in 1885-1890 according to plans by architect Josef Schulz in an area where the so-called Horse Gate used to stand.
The Museum as an institution was founded in 1818 by the Society of the Patriotic...
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The National Theatre in Prague is a symbol of Czech national revival. In 1852 a building site on the corner of the Vltava embankment and Národní Street (formerly Ferdinandova) was acquired from the proceeds of a collection. In 1862 the back area of this plot was used for the construction of the so-called Prozatimní divadlo...
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The Municipal House in Prague was built in the place where the King’s Court - a royal palace inhabited from the time of Wenceslas IV up until Vladislav Jagellon’s reign - stood from the end of the 14th century. A plaque on the Municipal House reminds us of the fact that it was here that Jiří of Poděbrady, first as the...
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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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