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The famous bridge of Prague
It is more like a street full of passers-by, not a bridge, but a street. Here are musicians, souvenir sellers, queues for places "making wishes", beautiful sculptures and beautiful views of the river and the city.
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An unusual performance
Watch the video - it will explain a lot. When the clock strikes the hour (from 9.00 to 23.00), a procession of twelve apostles and other figures begins to move. The apostles, who are recognized by their attributes, appear in the windows of the clock.
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Each building is a landmark.
There are a lot of tourists, especially before the start of each time when the chimes begin their performance. Each temple and house is in its own style and has its own unique decorations and features.
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The temple in front of Tin, which is no more
The temple was built in front of Tyn - - a fenced place for settling carts and determining the amount of duties from foreign traders who came to trade in Prague. It was demolished a long time ago, but the name remained.
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"Dust Dam"
The late Gothic tower - "Dusty Dam", which means "Powder Gate", was built in 1475 and served as part of the capital's fortifications and at the same time a monumental gate to the Old Town.
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Founder of the university
The founder of the university, which is now called - Charles University. The sculpture, almost 4 meters high, depicts the king holding in his right hand a bull (certificate) of the founding of the University of Prague.
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Huge museum complex
This ancient symbol of Prague is the most significant monument and one of the most important cultural institutions in the Czech Republic. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Prague Castle, 570 meters long and 130 meters wide, is the largest continuous castle complex in the world, covering an ...
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World famous concert hall
The world-famous concert hall and home stage of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, where he first performed in 1896 under the direction of A. Dvorak. The building in the Neo-Renaissance style was built in 1876-84.
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Dominant of the Small Country
It is a grand 80-meter building with a huge dome, twenty meters in diameter, decorated with many sculptures, paintings by famous masters of the time, frescoes and stucco, elegant columns and spacious galleries, and the interior of the temple from the beginning impressed citizens and visitors and spl...
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You can enjoy this beauty all day long
St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and most important church in Prague and the Czech Republic, it is one of the most famous cathedrals in the world, an outstanding example of religious construction, both in terms of technical characteristics and artistic level.
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"Cloak of Conscience"
Were only outside. The street is narrow, it is difficult to choose a place to take pictures. At the corner of the theater is a sculpture "Cloak of Conscience". The bronze monument in the form of an empty cloak without a face and hands was erected in 2000.
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After 18.00 - free
We went outside almost in the evening. Among the shops is the house where Kafka lived (there are more than ten such places in Prague).
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A small church at the end of the street. Grodno.
Located at the foot of the Wawel Castle. It was built in the first half of the XIV century, and then rebuilt in the late XVI century. Gothic, single-nave, with a presbytery covered with a ribbed cross.
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School of artists and sculptors
The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts is a higher educational institution in Krakó w, founded in 1818. Formerly known as the School of Drawing and Painting and the School of Fine Arts.
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An outstanding scholar and reformer of the Catholic Church
Monument to the scientist and theologian Peter Skarza, who lived in the late 16th - early 17th centuries. is located opposite the church of St. Peter and St. Paul and next to the building of the administrative building of the Pontifical University of John Paul II.
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Route № 1 for tourists in Krakow
The Royal Road begins in the northern part of the Old Town and runs south through the city center to the Wawel (old royal residence). This solemn route was a suitable background for demonstrations during the coronation and parades, for receptions of foreign kings and princes, foreign ambassadors and...
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Did Balzac live here?
In the second half of the XVI century the house belonged to the family of Prosper Provanni, who in 1558 at the behest of King Casimir Augustus organized a regular postal service between Krakow and Venice.
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Student from the altar of St. Mary's Church
On Mariacki Square (plac Mariacki) there is a fountain with a figure of a poor student - Jacques. This fountain is a gift of the city from Krakow craftsmen. It was installed in 1958.
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Church of the seventeenth century
Located on the street. Grodno; since 1817 the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession, before that it was the property of barefoot Carmelites. It was built in 1638-44, most likely by the royal architect Giovanni Trevano on the site of a demolished Romanesque church of the XII century.
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A majestic tower
The Tower of the City Hall is located on the Market Square and is one of the main attractions of Krakow. It is an important element of the Gothic administrative building, built in the early fourteenth century, and is located in the northeastern part of the square, rising 70 meters above it.
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The first president of Krakow
In 1828, Dietl received his doctorate in medicine. He is considered one of the most prominent Polish doctors of the XIX century. In 1851, Dietl was invited to become a professor of medicine and anatomical pathology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and ten years later was elected rector of t...
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Eternal fire
A granite pedestal with eternal fire, which is lit during solemn ceremonies, is installed on Jan Matejko Square. This is a symbolic grave in memory of all Polish soldiers who gave their lives for their homeland.
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The temple of the XI century.
The church was built in 1079-1098. The temple has retained its original Romanesque form to this day. It has a defensive character. The church is a two-tower Saxon-type basilica, consisting of a short (single-arched) three-nave building, a transept and a presbytery closed by an apse.
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House-museum of the outstanding artist.
Jan Matejko House is a museum in Krakó w dedicated to the famous artist Jan Matejko (1838-1893), who was born and lived in this house all his life. The house was built in the 16th century, after which it was repeatedly rebuilt in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
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Neighbor of St. Mary's Church
Founded in 1394 by the Bishop of Cracow Peter the Great. From 1583 to 1773 the church was run by the Jesuits. Peter Skarga preached here. At the western entrance is a carved Gothic helicopter of the XV century.
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