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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History
The Petřín Lookout Tower was directly inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It was built by the Czech Tourist Club, which had attended the Exposition Universelle in 1889 in Paris and decided to construct a similar tower in Prague. On 16 March 1891 work began in accordance with plans by the engineers František...
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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 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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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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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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