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Prague castle 1 Year, 6 Months ago
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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.
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