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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