The Prague Castle and Its Treasures

Ivo Hlobil

Prague, the historical and intellectual metropolis of Bohemia and one of the world's most beautiful cities, has attracted great artists and architects since the 9th century. Splendid buildings and works of art it has in abundance, but Prague's crowning glory is its unique castle, Hradcany. The political and religious hub of the land and the repository of its greatest works of art, Hradcany surmounts the city like a crown wrought of palaces, churches, courtyards, gardens, fortifications and towers. Here, the visitor can trace the development of European art over the last thousand years and admire some of its supreme achievements. The mighty walls of Hradcany enclose a large number of exceptional buildings: the Royal Palace, which displays all the styles of architecture from Romanesque to neo-classicism; St. George's Basilica, dating from 1142, with its beautiful Baroque facade; St...

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