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The Lány Chateau
The Baroque chateau located in the village of Lány, nestled in the Křivoklát forests near Prague, serves as the official summer residence for the presidents of the Czech Republic. The earliest records mentioning Lány date back to 1392 when a wooden fort stood on the site. Towards the end of the 16th century, Emperor Rudolf…
The Art Garden (Umělecká zahrada)
In 1924, Karel Novák bought a plot of land from the Vyšehrad Chapter at the foot of the southern side of the Nusle Valley, on which he built a new sculpture workshop the same year. And thus the history of the Art Garden (Umělecká zahrada) began. This hidden gem that lies beneath the iconic Nusle…
Cibulka Park
The Cibulka forest was first recorded as part of a medieval farmstead, but it owes much of its modern appearance to a nineteenth-century Bishop of Passau, who transformed it into an English-style garden park. After the bishop’s death, the park began to deteriorate, and eventually the land was purchased by the City of Prague, which…
Bezděz Castle
Bezděz Castle is a medieval fortress located in the Czech Republic. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the village of Bezděz in the Liberec Region, approximately 100 kilometers north of Prague. The castle was built in the 13th century by order of Přemysl Otakar II, the King of Bohemia. However, the construction of the…
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