The Benedictine monastery founded by Charles IV as a haven for the Slavic liturgy (Na Slovanech) fell into despair in the Hussite era. This monastery was consecrated on Easter Monday 1372, thus its name is a reminder of the Easter gospel, which tells of the journey of the disciples to Emmaus. The minster´s Baroque spires…
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In the 16th century, a humble settlement emerged on the northern outskirts of the Castle District, over the ditch of the Brusnice stream: the “New World”. The area has retained its romantic appeal although the small houses in the narrow lane have burned down several times over the course of the centuries. The people living…
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A beautiful church bearing the memory of an enormous courage in the fight against the Nazi´s during the World War II. The church probably owes its Baroque verve to Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer and was built from 1730 to 1736. The interior of the Orthodox church features stucco paintings by Michele Ignazio Palliardi and frescos by…
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Long before the people of Prague identified their houses with numbers, they marked their dwellings by using so-called house symbols, whose imagery is usually linked in some way or another to the history of the house itself, or to the trade that was practiced within its walls (like bells, cans, rings, goblets, keys, etc.). The…
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Less tourists, local atmosphere, a park, a beautiful church and theatre, local markets…..that´s namesti Miru (Peace square) located only 10 min slow walk from Boutique hotel Seven Days. It is the central square of Vinohrady quarter, whose inner part is arranged as a park. Dominated by a neo-gothic church of St. Ludmila, built in the…
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Franz Kafka has become a synonym for turn-of-the-century Prague like no other. Visitors come by the thousands to trace his footsteps on the banks of the Vltava river. Franz Kafka was born in 1883 on the outskirts of the then still existing Prague ghetto. After his studies at the German University of Prague, Kafka worked…
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The National Theater is the Czech Republic’s representative stage, built with funds from a nationwide collection and first opened in 1881, and for the second time in 1883 after a devastating fire. The spectacular exterior and interior decoration, richly embellished with gold, consists of masterpieces of 19th century Czech painters. The National Theater is located…
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When visiting the Prague Castle area, nobody miss the breathtaking St Vitus´ Cathedral. What a building filled with Czech history. In the 11th century, a three-nave basilica replaced an earlier Romanesque rotunda. It was to serve as the church where the Premyslid dynasty were crowned and buried. In 1344, Emperor Charles IV entrusted the French…
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