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SANCE U KRALOVIC — Remains of Slavic Castle Site

Ancient Slavic castle site was built here in the Late Castle Site Age as a border fort to Premyslids. Legend says a church dedicated to St. Markéta was established here by the end of the 13th century. The time of decay is unknown. It was most likely the beginning of the…

SANCE U ZBRASLAVI — Prehistoric Castle Site

Prehistoric castle site from the Bronze Age, used to be a Primeval plantation. Belonged to the opposite castle Závist Castle Site in Celtic times. The exact time of decay is unknown. It disappeared around the tenth century BC.

SCHWARZENBERSKY PALAC (LOBKOVICKY) — Renaissance Palace - Museum

The Schwarzenberg Palace was constructed on the ashes of three town houses in 1545-63 by A. Vlach for Jan jr. From Lobkovice. It is an important monument in the czech Renaissance and also one of the dominants of the Hradčanské Square, for its outstanding facade with…

SPANELSKA SYNAGOGA — Part of Jewish Museum in Prague

Synagogue of the village to Jews of the Eastern rit has been erected here already in the first half of the 12th century. It used to be called "The Old School" (Temple). Rebuilt several times, the last one being in 1868 where it gained the Pseudo-Moresque…

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ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH IN THE KINSKY GARDEN - CALLED "CARPATHIAN" [Kostel sv. Michala v Kinského zahredě- zvaný Karpatský] — Protestant Wooden Church

The St. Michal Church, also called "Carpathian", was constructed in Medvědovci u Mukačeva in the second half of the 17th century and it was transported here in 1929 to become a part of the Ethnographical museum's collections. It has three towers with…

STAROMESTSKA MOSTECKA VEZ — Gothic Tower on Charles Bridge

Staroměstská bridge tower was constructed by P. Parléř, together with Charles Bridge established in 1357. It was finished before 1380. The Eastern front is amply decored with plastics, the Western front has been damaged by cannonade during the fights with the Swedes in…

STAROMESTSKA RADNICE — Gothic Townhall of Old Town

Staroměstská townhall was constructed as a symbol of the first Prague town's autonomy in 1388 and its areal has been extended several times during the following centuries. Unique feature is the local astronomical clock, whose first astronomical-astrological part comes…

STARONOVA SYNAGOGA — Jewish Synagogue

I was built around the middle of the 13th century in Early-Gothic style and a two-body main hall has been added already in the last quarter of the same century. Brick gables, with its face divided with panneling, are from the second half of the 15th century. J. Mocker…

STARY ZIDOVSKY HRBITOV — Part of Jewish Museum in Prague

It was established in the first half of the 15th century and it is, together with the Old-new Synagogue, among the most important preserved monuments of the Jewish town. The oldest gravestone, belonging to a scholar and poet Abigdor Kar, comes from 1439. Last burial…

STERNBERSKY PALAC — Former Renaissance Palace

It was established in 1684, during Adolf Vratislav from Šternberk's times, connecting two Renaissance buildings. It was further unified by a Baroque frontispiece by G.B. Alliprandi, interiors rebuilt as well. Seat of the Parliament of the Czech Republic today.

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