History of Prague information

1993-present The history of Prague covers more than a thousand years, during which time the city grew from the Vyšehrad Castle to the capital of a modern European...

20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural...

The history of the Jews in Prague, the capital of today's Czech Republic, relates to one of Europe's oldest recorded and most well-known Jewish communities...

Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad; [ˈpraʃskiː ˈɦrat]) is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic serving as the official residence and workplace of...

Defenestrations of Prague (Czech: Pražská defenestrace, German: Prager Fenstersturz, Latin: Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia...

The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar) was a period of political liberalization and mass protest in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic...

Prague Zoological Garden (Czech: Zoologická zahrada hl. m. Prahy) is a zoo in Prague, Czech Republic. It was opened in 1931 with the goal to "advance the...

narrative involves Judah Loew ben Bezalel, the late 16th-century rabbi of Prague. According to Moment magazine, "the golem is a highly mutable metaphor...

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Prague, Czech Republic. 870 CE – Prague Castle founded 10th C. - Vyšehrad (the "upper castle")...

Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague (Latin: Universitas Pragensis), is the oldest and...

The coat of arms of the city of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, has a lesser and a greater version. The coat of arms was first introduced in...

The Prague astronomical clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pražský orloj [praʃskiː orloj]) is a medieval astronomical clock attached to the Old Town Hall in...

The Infant Jesus of Prague (Czech: Pražské Jezulátko: Spanish: Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding...

coin that replaced the Prague groschen both internally and abroad Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prague groschen. History of Pražský groš (in Czech)...

Prague – Football, pronounced [ˈslaːvɪja ˈpraɦa]), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague....

Prague Politics of Prague Mayors of Prague International relations of Prague Prague Castle Guard History of Prague Timeline of Prague Beginnings and early...

Imperial forces occupied Prague the next day. In the early 17th century most of the Bohemian estates, although under the dominion of the predominantly Catholic...

shooting by a postgraduate history student within the main Faculty of Arts building of Charles University in central Prague, Czech Republic. Another three...

The Prague slave trade refers to the slave trade conducted between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Caliphate of Córdoba in Moorish al-Andalus in the early...

Adalbert of Prague (Latin: Sanctus Adalbertus, Czech: svatý Vojtěch, Slovak: svätý Vojtech, Polish: święty Wojciech, Hungarian: Szent Adalbert (Béla);...

strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya, lit. 'Prague strategic offensive') was the last major military operation of World War II in Europe. The offensive was...

1621 at the Old Town Square in Prague. After the Prague Defenestration in 1618 and subsequent Protestant uprising of the Bohemian estates against the...