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 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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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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Prague Botanic Garden
The Garden invites its visitors to see and enjoy open air exhibitions, arranged as an impressive park, historical Vineyard of St. Claire, Japanese Garden, tropical greenhouse Fata Morgana together with numerous festive and educational events, targeting visitors of all walks of life. Also of importance, the natural surrounding...
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A synagogue, later called the Old School, stood in this location as early as the 12th century. It received its present name at the beginning of the 16th century, when a group of Jews fleeing from the Spanish Catholic inquisition came to Prague. They belonged to the so-called Sephardic Jews, whose rituals differ slightly from those of the Ashkenazy...
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Today the Vladislav Hall is considered to be one of the most important places of the Prague Castle as it is the location of significant state events. But for over five hundred years it served mostly as a feasting hall for the Czech kings.
The Vladislav Hall was designed in the late Gothic style by Benedikt Ried from Pístov. It was...
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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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The first location in Prague to become a protected natural monument as early as 1964 was the area of Divoká Šárka. This romantic rocky valley is located on the outskirts of Prague near the airport and is relatively well-known, but still it astonishes every new visitor with its unexpected natural scenery in the territory of the...
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