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Prague Voyage
Thinking about visiting Czech Republic? You need to know a bit more about its capital and its history. Through centuries and years, Prague has been ruled by several dynasties, and the several districts were built.Prague did not have the rights of a city, and its built-up area, as isolated yards, went from Prague Castle to the Vltava River ford and further along the other side of the river all the way to the Vyšehrad fortification. The densest and richest built-up area was in the location that would later become Old Town (Staré Město), which was then called Mezihrady (between castles). There, an international market emerged. That is also why this section became the heart of the city. King Wenceslas I, between the years 1230–41, enclosed it with ramparts and with the founding of St. Gall’s town (Havelské město), laid down the foundations for the freedoms of a city. Probably from this time forward, Mezihrady came to be also known as “Prague’s City” (Pražské město), after Prague Castle. In the middle of the 13th century about 4,000 inhabitants lived in the voyage Prague agglomeration, which was a large city at that time. During the 13th century, the Gothic style also pervaded in Prague: additional city buildings, palaces and cloisters were built. However, by the beginning of the 14th century, the number of inhabitants of Blog Prague rose to 10,000 people. The expansion of the capital city reflected the flowering of the Czech state. In Olomouc, in the year 1306, the young Wenceslas III was murdered, thus the Premyslian dynasty died by the sword and the linked states immediately fell apart. However, it remained an attractive example for central Europe. The Luxemburgs and Jagiellons imitated it, but only the Hapsburgs renewed the unity of central Europe.The Premyslian dynasty – after more than five hundred years on the throne – ruled from Prague not only Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, but also the Polish and Hungarian kingdoms. The richness of the Kutná Hora silver mines evoked the same kind of fever that occurred in the 19th century in the Klondike, and the silver Prague groschen, minted from the year 1300, represented one of the most stable currencies in Europe for the next three centuries. I hope that this introduction to Prague’s history convinced you that you definitely have to spend your next holidays here, or just a week-end, and discover with your own eyes the beauty and charm of this wonderful city. See you soon!