Sightseeings: Castles
The Cathedral of St. Vít
The Cathedral of St. Vít is situated in the third castle courtyard of the Prague castle. It became from the Roman rotunda of prince Václav, later the Roman basilica of prince Spytihněv II. Foundations of the both buildings are preserved under the cathedral. The building was finished by architects Kranner, Mocker and Hilbert in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The bay chapel of the Old Town Hall - Staré Město
The gothic chapel was built in the eighties years of the 14th century at the south part of the prismatic council tower. Under the chapel there is situated the memorial plaque with names of 27 leaders of the Czech corporative insurrection, who were executed in the 21th June 1621. The date is marked at the paving stones on the sidewalk, where was stood scaffold.
The Prague Castle
The Prague Castle is the extensive complex of palaces and church buildings, which was started to build in the 9th century. It was mined and partly damaged by fire in the 12th century. The extensive reconstruction was made by Carl IV. From the 16th century it was rebuilt in renaissance style. The castle is the seat of Czechoslovak presidents after the first world war.
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Originally constructed during the tenth century to serve as the royal governmental seat for Prince Boleslav II, Prague´s Upper Castle later became the governmental seat for all of the princes of Přemysl family.
Eliška Přemysl spent the final years of here life here.
At the Upper Castle, a king´s rise to power began-here the crowning ceremony was conducted.
In the seventeenth century, the castle was remodeled to look as it appears today as a baroque fortress. In the second decade of the nineteenth century, it served as a fortress.
The Upper Castle cemetery became the resting place for many famous individuals.