Prague

Hana Šimáková, Natálie Rapčáková

V7A4.4. 2012

Content

• Key points • History• Interesting places• Cultural life

Key points • Capital• Biggest city

– Over milion people– 500 km2

• 10 districts• Hundred towers city, Gold

Prague • Heads of state

History

• Libuše – prophesied the glory • 6th century – The Slavs • 9th century – Bořivoj • 14th century – Charles IV.

– University, St. Vitus Cathedral, The New Town

• 15th century – centre of hussism • 1419 – defenestration in New

Town Hall

• 1420 – first anti hussite crusade• 16th century – Rudolph II. -

scientists,artists • 17th century – Thirty-year´s war • 1621 – Prague execution – old

town square • 18th century – centre of cultural

life – the national revival • 1918 – capital of ondependent

republic• 1938 – occuped by german

troops

• 1942 - persecuted after Heydrich • 9th May 1945 – liberation by

Russians • 1968 – normalization • 17th November 1989 Velvet

Revolution • 1st January 1993 – capital of

Czech Republic

Interesting places

• All styles of architecture• Five historical districts: • Old Town, The New Town,

Josefov, Jewish ghetto, Malá Strana, Hradčany

• Prague castle – seat of king, president– Dominated St. Vitus Cathedral – Old Royal Palace – Vladislav hall – Golden lane

• Little quarter – baroque places • Charles bridge – second oldest in

central europe • Across Vltava – Old Town and

New Town• Old town square - centre of old

Prague – Astronomical clock • Nowdays – Wenceslas square –

statue • Vyšehrad castle – legends • Clementinum• Carolinum

Cultural life

• Centre of cultural life • Art galleries – prague castle • National museum • National theatre, Stavovské

theatre (Don Giovanni) • Dvořák Hall – Prague spring

festival• Lucerna Hall, Congres Centre • Countless others

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