Prague castle is a symbol of Czech state development from

9th century till these days (more than millennium). First

building here stood from 9th century, later, in 12th

century, it was known as Romanesque style palace, and

Czech famous king Charles IV rebuilt it to Gothic

appearance in 14th century. King Vladislav from

Jagellonian dynasty (nice to hear about Lithuanian blood

here!) reconstructed it in 15th century. Gothic Vladislav

Hall is known as largest medieval hall in Prague.

Prague castle territory consists of such buildings as St.

Vitus Cathedral, Golden Lane, St. George Basilica, towers,

palaces and other objects. It is largest medieval castle

complex in whole Europe, covers 45 hectares and represents

actually all historical architecture styles.

Now Prague castle is used as museum and both as

presidential residency from 1918. Price of tickets to

castle varies depending to objects included. For me it was

a bit expensive, and it was disappointing that there are

no writings in English inside (one of most popular tourism

objects in Europe…), so some people buy extra audio

guides.