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P R A G U E C A S T L E The la rges t co l lec t ion of wonders in the c i ty, Prague cas t le i s anamalgamat ion of a rchi tec ture f rom di ffe rent per iods . From the a lmostpas tora l sereni ty of S t . George ' s Bas i l ica , to the awe- inspi r ing Gothic power of S t . Vi tus Cathedra l , the cas t le has a t t rac t i ons for a l l - h i s tory andarchi tec ture p lus marching so ld iers and enter ta inment of the o ldes t and mostimpress ive par t s of the cas t le , the Old Royal Palace dates f rom 1135 andwas the sea t of Bohemian pr inces and Nai tes . From the 13th to the 16thcentury i t was the b londes k ing ' s pa lace . The magni f icent Vladis lav Hal lwas used for banquets , counci l s , coronat ions and even jous t ing f rom Nai tes .Al l pres idents have been sworn in here , and th is bui ld ing was where the 1618defenes t ra t ion took p lace . The pa lace conta ins The Story of Prague Cas t le

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Who was St. Wenceslas (Sv. Vaclav)?

St. Wenceslas was actually a loved Czech King propagating Christianity. He ruled over Prague in the 10 th century. Legend says that he was murdered when he was going to themorning religious service, by the mercenaries sent by his brother Boleslav. He represents

national Czech continuity and nationhood and he is celebrated every year on the 27th

September. The legendary royal brothers Wnceslas (Vclav) and Boleslav are the Czechcorrespondents of Cain and Abel from the Holy Bible or, in other words, of Good andEvil.

The homage to Jan Palach.

The 20-year old philosophy student, Jan Palach set fire to himself on 16 th January 1969, protesting againstthe Soviet invasion in Prague. His funeral ceremony was followed by three quarters of a million people andturned into a major protest against the occupation. After the end of the Communist Era in 1989, a bronzecross was embedded at the place where he fell, close to the statue of St. Wenceslas.

Legends of Charles Bridge

Just few weeks ago it was 650 years, when the fundamentalstone of the most famous Prague monument the CharlesBridge was laid down. It happened exactly on 9 July 1357,at 5:31 AM, during the early morning cockerow. Its founder and father,our most liberal sovereign Charles IV, Czech andRoman king, would be in in our times. He believed that the

exact time of birth is important for the whole destiny of thesubject, its character and influence on the other world. He letthe court astrologers count the best moment of the whole year.And a new bridge for Prague was really necessary, the former Juditas bridge served out and was taken away by the flash flood. The construction of the bridge as wecan see it today dates from the reign of Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy RomanEmperor. Legend has it that he had everything thought of up to the smallest detail. Theoddest thing may seem the very date of its foundation: 5:31 am, 9. 07. 1357 (9th of June).Only odd digits (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) and whats more, except 9 all prime numbers.. Anotherunusual thing is that it is said that egg yolks were used to strengthen the mortar used to bindthe stone blocks. Although the saying cannot be verified, modern laboratory tests haveindeed proved inorganic and organic ingredients in the mortar

.The construction of the magical bridge was started by Master Otto and continued by king Charles favouriteconstructor and architect, Peter Parler (he build also St Wenceslas Chapel in St Vitus Cathedral and TheOld Town bridge tower ). The bridge was finished in 1402 and until 1870 was called The Stone or PragueBridge (Kamenny/Prazsky Most). Originally, the Stone Bridge was supposed tohost medieval tournaments and serve as major commerce link between theVltava banks. The bridge is 516 meters long and nearly 10 m wide, resting on 16arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of themon the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The bridge isdecorated with 30 statues and statuaries, most of them Baroque style, erectedaround 1700. One legend related to the oldest sculpture of Jan Nepomucky. This

saint man was dropped in a wooden basket from the Charles Bridge into theVltava river where he drowned just because he refused to give away aconfessional secret. One of the king Charless wives was mistrusted of having asecret lover. She was going to Jan to the Brevnov monastery for a regular confessions, but he never revealed any secret he had heard in the confession.After his death it was possible to see five stars on the water level. These stars
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 8are now decorating his sculpture. To give honour to his heroic act a white metal crucifix is situated on thebridge, on which visitors and tourists put their hands.They believe this place has a special power for those who touch it. You can try it as well ! This bridge (not only for the legends) has its soul. If you arewondering what it means for this construction full of stone to have a soul, try to go there at early morning,for example after your busy night in Prague. The best time to visit it is at about 6 or 7 AM, walk across thebridge, when the city is still sleeping, let the cool morning appeal on you,listen to splashing water and smellthe crimpy scent of the river.The bridge will talk to you silently, about his history andabout the whole history

of Prague, about the human power and the energy to pass the obstructions during the eternal history. Thebridge has a deep soulCharles IV made his choice well A peaceful and romantic it may seem, theVtlava (Moldau) River has not always been as calm as it looks today. Its fury, combined with the power of heavy rains have many times flooded and destroyed the bridges people built over it. Charles Bridge is noexception. It has many times been the victim of floods and natural or human created calamities.Nevertheless, it is still standing and hopefully it will remain a symbol of Prague far after we are gone.In theplace that Charles Bridge is standing today once stood a wooden bridge, destroyed by floods in the 11 th century. In its place, in 1172, Wenceslas I ordered the building of the Judith Bridge (after his wifes name),the first stone bridge to connect the Vltava banks. The Judith Bridge collapsed in a flood in 1342. Theconstruction of the bridge as we can see it today dates from the reign of Charles IV, King of Bohemia andHoly Roman Emperor. Legend has it that he had everything thought of up to the smallest detail. The oddestthing may seem the very date of its foundation: 5:31 am, 9. 07. 1357 (9th of June). Only odd digits (1, 3, 5,7, 9) and whats more, except 9 all prime numbers..Another unusual thing is that it is said that eggyolks were used to strengthen the mortar used to bind the stone blocks. Although the sayingcannot be verified, modern laboratory tests have indeed proved inorganic and organic ingredientsin the mortar . The bridge was finished in 1402 and until 1870 was called The Stone or Prague Bridge. Whogave the knowledge of that kind of constructions?But the real secret of that brige are untold. Its very strange where suddenly found all these specialists toconstruct is so limited time so great monuments. Huge monuments. Someone can say that there was a bigplan of constructions of all that monuments in Europe. But why? Which is the hidden secret? As you see allmonuments, all churches if we calculate that the people of each country are limited, where found so manyworkers and who payed them? Who and how bring food to them? There was someone behind each kingwho planned and support each king to do that constructions.The following question is who is the invisible authority? What made thousands of believers to createcathedric churches and go by thousands there? If we follow simple logic, someone goes somewhere topray where exists something which doesnt exists to his home. Thats the motive to move from here there.Many of these churches are dedicated to Santa Maria. The people went to these churches to meet the holyspirit, the powerful spirit who develop inside them the feeling of divine. And this spirit was coming deepinside the earth. Imagine big rivers and some smaller rivers of spirit moving in the maze of earth, energyrivers named vevr or telurika today. There are some more which coming from the core of the earth passingthrow Tartara and bring with them negative energy. To the places where good energy rivers appears theland is very good. The people of EL know these secrets and always found the ideal places of earth to live.They create monuments there which are present until our days. The country of EL was all planet as you cansee monuments of their culture everywhere. The symbol is in any place, in any building and constructionand is there because the people wanted to built with the bless of EL.

So people in many areas of the planet put to the earth giant stones, named menhirs, which simply wascollectors of the power of earth and sky and made earth to be good. Why menhirs are there? To bake earthfertile for the people who live there.To these places they put horizontal and vertical stones. Verical stones was to be earth fertical, but thehorizontal stone had another cause, spiritual cause. The specific place where people set the gianthorizontal stone was exactly over the place where the earth spirit pass under the ground, so this stonecollects energy from that and transfer this energy to people who pass under that stone. This stone keepinside energy from giant Gargantua or Apolon who over his horse moved around the world making the earthfertile for the people. He was the one who transfer this giant stones from here there and create thesemonuments. And this transfer was easy for him as he used anti-gravity technology. Think that you areheavy because the axis of gravity is paraller to your body. What happens to your weight if this axis becomevertical to your body now? Simply you have no weight. This technology used by Apolon for these giant

stones constructions.To these sacret lands where such stones had set, there was people guards of these stones who namedkarnutes from the Carnute-is or with other way charters. Ooops!! We found here the secret of the churchin charter. Lets go closer to the Prague castle. From the beginning the castle hadnt its today size, wassmaller but year by year started to be biger and biger. This castle is on the top of a hill which named Theplace of Powermen . King Charles constructed his castle using the knowledge of the golden number, the
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 9number with the powerful charachteristics which gives to the buildings which constructed throw its harmonythe ability to live over the dimension of time. There is strong connection betweem the golden number andthe power of the hiden source under the casstle. And which is the hidden power? Dear reader in the churchof st. Vitus you will see Santa Maria, having her legs to the head of the snake, to the head of the vuivr which has the knowledge of earth and moves in the earth. Christ to his letter to Efesius says your war isntagainst kings of this world, but against them who are over the earth and inside the earth Santa Mariacan born only with the influence of the sky, without any other, has a kvantic ability as she can recreate god.

If you could see the churces which are devoted to Santa Maria, and connect them with a line you will drawthe star of Virgo to the body of land!!!So King Charles constructed his castle to a place where strong positive power pass under that, usingancient knowledge which only Driides and El-ines had. If you write the word Ellines like El-ines you read ingreek El who connect throw ines(lines). What that means?This is the second secret of the castle of King Carol. He knew that his castle to be strong needed to havearound Aithera. Positive Aithera, a non material something which exists between planets of universe, apiece from the soul of univesre.Dear visitor, over your head at the entrance to the Vysehrad Castle via the Brick (Prague) Gate which canbe accessed from Vratislavova street is hidden the biggest secret of the castle. This Giant stone over you isthe magnet of all the energy which pass like river under that ground. That energy synchronize the cells of the human body creating regeneration of the DNA. Activates all the informations of the ancient code IXOR you have stored in your body and leads you to a more spiritual situation. Under your feet, there, are thesecret caves where the power of Santa Maria exists, where the water can heal any problem

Mysterious Faust HouseWalking on Charles Square, you can find a house so mystical as it is its name Faust House(Faustuvdum). Legendary Dr. Faust is known for his pact with the devil and a black magic. Even though real Dr.Faust probably never visited Prague, this house got its name for its mystical history and especially for itseccentric inhabitants.

In the 14th century this baroque mansion was owned by Prince Vaclav of Opava who wasvery keen on natural sciences and alchemy. He was the first one who gave rise for the association withFaust legend because of his special profession. Under rule of Rudolf II. astrologer Jakub Krucinek livedthere with two sons. The younger son killed the older one for alleged treasurehidden in the house.

Among other dwellers of the Faust house were also famous alchemist Edward Kelleyor Ferdinand AntoninMladota of Solopysky whose chemical experiments(which sometimes led to big explosions making evenholes in the roof!) scared people in the neighbourhood. Mladotas son was good not only at physics andchemistry but also at mechanics. He astounded his visitors by a door opening itself, a flying staircase or electric shocks while touching the handle.

After that a pure student lived in that house. He tried to cover the holes in the ceiling but unsuccessfully. Alegend says that he found a secret book, read some spells and was taken through the holes by the devil like

Dr. Faust.
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 10Probably the most eccentric dweller of the Faust house was Karl Jaenigin the 19th century. He painted thewalls with funeral texts, he had a functional gallows at home and slept in a wooden coffin. In his w

ill he wished to be put into his coffin with his face to the bottom.

Even though names of the dwellers may be forgotten, their unusual behaviour in the eyes of other peoplecreated a legend that will always stay alive.

Unfortunately the Faust house is closed to the public. But you can still admire the house from the outsideand wonder what history is hiden behind the walls.

Address: Karlovo namesti 40, 41. ow to get there: You can go by metro yellow line B and get off at thestation Karlovo nmst or go by trams no. 3, 4, 10, 14, 16, 18 or 24 to the stop Moran.

Emauzy The Monastery NaSlovanech

The Monastery Na Slovanech is bound to the famous emperor Charles IVfor its foundation (1347). Theruler invited hither Slavic Benedictine monksfrom Dalmatia and Croatia. The area was thus destined to

become the only Slavonic monastery of the entire empire. The liturgical language to be preached in was anancient predecessor of Czech.

Why Emauzy?

In the case you are asking about the name Emauzy, it was derived from thegospel, according to which Jesus met with his disciples near the village Emmaus. This gospel was readduring the solemn consecration of the monastery and the subject was immortalized in peoples name of the

place.

Another and less well known version of the story says that Emauzy was derived from Emmahaus(thehouse of Ema) nearby, which should have belonged to the castle owned by Czech queen Ema.

The importance of the monastery both then and now

The monastery soon became a centre of scholarship one of the studentswas the famous preacher Jan Hus.

It was and still is also a perfect place for lovers of art on the one hand, thereare the wall paintings in the Church of Our Lady , which belong to the mostvaluable Gothic relics . On the other hand, there are also the Gothic cloisterswith mural paintings portraying scenes from the Old and the New Testament.

The precious illuminated literary works were also created at this very place.
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 11Each century brings something new

Hussites came in the beginning of the 15th century but the monks acceptedtheir beliefs and Emauzy thus became the first and only Hussite monastery. Thiswas very fortunate because the place avoided being plundered.

The 16th century witnesses the transformation of the monastery into apredecessor of current entertainment centres there was a tavern here whereone could listen to musicians whilst enjoying skittles.

The next century was a bit more serious again the monastery became a homeof the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler followed by a Baroquereconstruction by Benedictines from Spain later on. It was also them who addedthe two frontal bulbous towers.

What the Spanish monks brought, their colleagues from 19th century

Germany completely reversed. The so called Beuron style simply substitutedthe Baroque with Pseudo-Gothic features. The monastery also became thecentre of Gregorian chant at this point in time.

The Second World War air-raid destroyed the church but luckily the monasterywas restored. The modern roof with recognizable steeples was projected byarchitect Cerny. This valuable representative of Prague modern architecture ismade out of white concrete.

A legend about a cook from the hell

According to some legends the monastery belongs to the haunted places of Prague the culprit being the Emauz devil. TheBenedictine monks were namely so heavenly-minded and virtuousthat the hell itself felt disturbed. They therefore sent a cook to themonastery who prepared meals in such an excellent way that thedevotional life was soon forgotten and the monks started to prefer thedelights of wine and tasty dishes. Once the whole mischief came tolight, though. The cook was turned into a black cock and the monksreturned to their virtuous habits

How to get there:Take the tube (yellow line B) to Karlovo Namesti(following the exitsign to Palackeho Namesti) and from the park nearby you should beable to see Emauzy only couple of metres away


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Kampa IslandBanks of Kampa Island are washed by water of Vltava river on the one side and on the other one by theDevils Stream, which separates it from the Lesser Town. Devils Stream was created in the 12th century asa millrace. This thus makes Kampa an artificial island. Its beauty is as real as it can be, though.

Devils Stream and its name

Devils Stream got its name thanks to one lovely (note the quotation marks please) lady living nearby in the Seven Devils House. The woman had such a wicked tongue and temper thatshe did her houses name credit and gradually her nickname became associated with Vltavas innocent

branch.

The use of the Devils Stream as a millracesuggests that first buildings appearing in the area were mills. At present there are three of them and two have still their mill-wheels. The most famous one is the GrandPriors Millwith its totally restored wheel measuring impressive eight metres. It is the one painted on all theromantic pictures you admire in art galleries. In the case you want to compare the paintings with the reality,

you can take the artists view from the Charles Bridge .
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You might also hear someone referring to this area as the Venice of Prague.Well, you would seek gondolas in vain but the atmosphere is just as lovely.

Kampa then and nowHad you lived in the medieval times, you would have found only gardens on the entire island. A park designed in the English style can be found at the southern end of Kampa still nowadays whereas the northern

part has Renaissance houses and a Baroque palace.

The very first buildings to appear here were the homes of bricklayers, carpenters and stonemasons so thatthey could comfortably keep an eye on Charles Bridge and maintain it in a perfect state. The squaresurrounded by these houses is the place where pottery used to be sold regularly. Kampa was namely also a

place, where traditional pottery marketstook place for centuries.

How to get there:

The best way is to enjoy a walk over Charles Bridgein the direction to the Lesser Town and then walk down the stairs to Kampa. In the case you would like to come from the south, the best way is to take a tramto Ujezd(6, 9, 22 or 23) and walk down Ricni Street that will take you to the Devils Stream.
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How to get to Prague CastleThe access to Prague Castle complex is easy. There are several tram stops nearby (Krlovsk letohrdek,Prask hrad, Pohoelec) and also two metro stations (Malostransk, Hradansk). The visitors use mostlytram No. 22 (stop called Prask hrad) - variant 1. Then they leave the Castle through the Old Castle Stairsto metro station Malostransk - variant 4.

Prague CastleThe Prague Castle (Prazsky Hrad) is a collection of buildings that came together to be the seat of royalty.

It was built on a hill overlooking the Vltava river valley, where anearlier pagan ritual grounds used to be. From its humblebeginnings in the 9 th century, it has grown to be the largestroyal palace complex in Europe with about 2000 rooms . Ithouses a permanent picture gallery, timed exhibitions, severalchurches, the office of the president of the Czech Republic, isthe site of the ritual changing of the guards, state visits andmore. The royal chambers are accessible only to specialvisitors, one day a year for everyone (with long lines) andvisitors that pay a very large (CZK 3000 and up) fee for theprivilege. These room contain period furnishings and areconsidered special due to some prominent guests that havevisited or even stayed here as state visitors to our country. Themost visited sites are the St. Vitus Cathedral (the mostimportant church in Prague), St. George Basilica (the oldestremaining church here - a Romanesque masterpiece), the

Royal Palace (the former seat of the kings), the Golden Lane (some of the smallest houses in Prague) andthe Lobkowicz Palace (the home of the Princely Art Collection).The somewhat confusing and alwayschanging entrance fees range from CZK 250 per person to CZK 500. Best to check at the time of your visit. The history of the castle stretches back to the 9th century (870). The first walled building was thechurch of Our Lady. The Basilica of Saint George and the Basilica of St. Vitus were founded in the first half


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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 16of the 10th century. The first convent in Bohemia was founded in the castle, next to the church of St.George. A Romanesque palace was erected here during the 12thcentury. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV the royalpalace was rebuilt in Gothic style and the castle fortifications werestrengthened. In place of rotunda and basilica of St. Vitus beganbuilding of a vast Gothic church , that have been completedalmost six centuries later . During the Hussite Wars and the

following decades the Castle was not inhabited. In 1485KingLadislaus II Jagello begins to rebuild the castle. The massiveVladislav Hall (built by Benedikt Rejt) was added to the RoyalPalace. Then were also built new defence towers on the northern side of the castle. A big fire of 1541destroyed large parts of the castle . Under Habsburgs some new buildings in renaissance style appearedhere. Ferdinand I built Belvedere, summer palace for his wife Anne.Rudolph II used Prague Castle ashis main residence . It was necessary to have the ability to recreate some places of the palace throw thedimensions of the golden number He founded the northern wing of the palace, with the Spanish Hall, wherehis precious artistic collections were exhibited. Second Prague defenestration in 1618 began the BohemianRevolt. During the subsequent wars the Castle was damaged and dilapidated. Many works from thecollection of Rudolph II were looted by Swedes in 1648, in the course of the Thirty Years' War. The lastmajor rebuilding of the castle was carried out by Queen Maria Theresa in the second half of the 18thcentury. Ferdinand V after abdication in 1848 chose Prague Castle as his home.In 1918 the castle becamethe seat of the president of the new Czechoslovak Republic. The New Royal Palace and the gardens wererenovated by Slovenian architect Joe Plenik. Renovations continued in 1936 under Plenik's successor Pavel Jank. During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II, Prague Castlebecame the headquarters of Reinhard Heydrich, the "Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia". It issaid that he placed the Bohemian crown on his head, believing himself to be a great king. Old legends saythat a person who is not the rightful king or queen, who places the crown on his head, is doomed to diewithin a year. Less than a year after assuming power, Heydrich was assassinated . As you see my friendssome objects in the palace can calculate your physical abilities. So if you have pure soul, aim to offer harmony to people, that ability calculated and you will have happy life as wise king. But if your motives areonly to take rich for you and dont care for anyother exept yourself, then the same moment you call death tominimize your days to that life. After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, it housed the offices of thecommunist Czechoslovak government. During the Velvet Revolution, Alexander Dubek, the leader of Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring, appeared on a balcony overlooking Wencesls Saquare to hear throngs of protesters below shouting "Dubek to the castle!" As they pushed for him to take his seat aspresident of the country at Prague Castle, he embraced the crowd as a symbol of democratic freedom.

After Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the castle became the seat of the Head of State of the new Czech Republic. Similar to what Masaryk did with Plenik, president Vclav Havelcommissioned Boek pek to be the architect of post-communism Prague Castle's necessary improvementsin particular of the facelift of the Castle's Gallery of paintings.The castle houses many buildings. It is saidthat it is the largest royal palace in Europe with over 2000 rooms. A history of more than 1100 yearsspeaks for itself. The story of the Prague Castle identifies itself with the story of Prague and Christianity

(860s, Chyril and Methodius) in the Czech Republic. In 870s AD the Prince Borivoj, one of the first Czechrulers from the Royal Dynasty of Premyslids ordered the building of the Castle, originally out of timber andwith a soil rampart fortification.During the reconstruction of the Castle in 1920 a huge archaeologicalsite was discovered, proving that the original size of the Castle is the same as the area that thecastle occupies today . Originally, the castle premises included a palace, three churches and a monastery.Even though the fortification had to face many fires, invasions and even World Wars, it had somehow everytime survived and as time passed, it became the symbol and living legend of Prague. Survived as a hollypower had always that casstle under her protection. The most important moments in Prague Castle historyline are the rebuilding processes undertaken by the Premyslids (Romanesque Style) in the 13th centuryand in the following two centuries by Charles IV (Gothic Style) and King Vladislav Jagiello (Neo-GothicStyle).

Not even the terrible fire in 1541 didnt end the history of the castle. On the contrary, Renaissance style wasbrought to the Prague Castle by the Emperor Rudolph II in late 16tth century and the castle was turned intoa centre for art and science and a gallery for exquisite collections. In the later half of the 18th centuryEmpress Maria Theresa had the Castle buildings rebuilt in Baroque style, their current appearance. Since1918 the Prague Castle has served as the official residence of the president of the Republic .


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Crown JewelsPrague Castle, as well as its protected area which also includes archaeological findings, are recognizedparts No. 1 of the Czech cultural heritage. The Czech Crown Jewels rank second to this national bequest.The Crown Jewels are permanently safely kept in Prague Castle and may be displayed exclusively in itsarea. But this occurs only on quite exceptional occasions. In the twentieth century there were nine suchmoments in history; the last time this happened was in 1998 to mark the 80th anniversary of theestablishment of an independent Czechoslovak Republic. The President of the Republic has the exclusiveright to decide on the display of the Crown Jewels.

The Crown Jewels chamber in St. Vitus Cathedral, where the Crown Jewels of Czech kings are, is under lock and key, and without exaggerating it is the place least accessible in Prague Castle. The door, andlikewise the iron safe, has seven locks and there are seven holders of the keys: the President of theRepublic, the Prime Minister, the Prague Archbishop, the Chairman of the House of Deputies, the Chairmanof the Senate, the Dean of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Vitus Cathedral and the Lord Mayor of Prague,who must all convene to facilitate opening the impenetrable door and coffer.

The tradition of the seven keys was established in 1791 by King Leopold II when he agreed tocomply with the wish of the Czech Estates to return the jewels to Prague from Vienna . They were putin safe in St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, this time in the crown archives beyond the St. WenceslasChapel behind iron bars with five locks. They were placed in a special chest with additional two locks whosetwo keys were given to two guards of the jewels. Even though the jewels were later moved to another location, the tradition of the seven keys has been maintained.The value of the Czech Crown Jewels can inno way be expressed in terms of money. Apart from possessing priceless historic value they have also

become a rare symbol of Czech statehood. The set of Crown Jewels consists of the Charles IV St.Wenceslas Crown including a casket and cushion, the Royal Sceptre and its casket, the Royal Appleandits casket, the Coronation Cloak and other pieces of attire: a belt, a maniple (an ornamental band worn onthe left arm by the celebrant of the Eucharist), a stole and ermine collar. In the Middle Ages the items alsoincluded a ring, golden bracelets and a crystal vessel for holy oil.

St. Wenceslas Crown

The St. Wenceslas Crown wrought of extremely pure gold (21-22 carat), decorated with precious stones and pearls - is theoldest item of the Crown Jewels. It weighs almost two and a half kilos and, including the cross, reaches a height of 19 cm.Likewise its diameter is 19 cm. and each of the four parts of theheadband measures 14.5 cm. Charles IV had it made for hiscoronation in 1347 and forthwith he dedicated it to the first
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 18patron saint of the country St. Wenceslas and bequeathed it as a state crown for the coronation of futureCzech kings, his successors to the Czech throne. However, perhaps to the end of his days (1378) hecontinually had the Crown altered and set with additional rare precious stones he managed to acquire. Andso the crown developed into its final contemporary image.In shape this Crown is related to the previouscrown of the Premyslides and the kings of France. The Crown is similar to a headband of four sectionseach of which reaches its zenith with a large lily. The sections are connected at the top by two arches towhich jewels (from headbands or diadems) of earlier days are attached. At the apex of the Crown, where

the arches cross, there is a golden cross with a sapphire cameo, an engraving decorated with preciousstones. The Crown contains a total of 19 sapphires, 44 spinels, 1 ruby, 30 emeralds and 20 pearls.On theorders of Charles IV the new Royal Crown was to be permanently deposited in St. Vitus Cathedral. ButCharles IVth's immediate successor, his son Vaclav IV, obviously at the beginning of the 15th century, hadthe Crown Jewels moved to Karlstejn Castle, where the crown was supposed to be in safe keeping in theunsettled times of strife among those ambitious to grasp power. Since then the location of the CrownJewels has changed many times, usually at moments of political unrest, when there were struggles to gainthe Czech throne and when there was a danger of war. The stormy 17th century decided on the dramaticfate of the Crown Jewels. The location where they were placed changed several times. For a while theCrown Jewels were again deposited in St. Vitus Cathedral, then in the office of Land Records, then in theTown Hall of the Old Town. In times when Prague was threatened the jewels were even hidden in CeskeBudejovice. The Habsburg dynasty determined a more permanent location for the jewels in Vienna wherethey remained until the end of the 18th century. But wherever they were deposited, be it at Karlstejn or inVienna, they were always brought to Bohemia, to Prague Castle, for royal coronations.The golden RoyalApple and Royal Sceptre, which are now an integral part of the Czech Crown Jewels, hail from much later times than the St. Wenceslas Crown, which takes a dominant place among the set of Crown Jewels. Unlikethe Crown the Apple and Sceptre did not command independent attention in spite of the fact that these arevery significant and unique examples of jewellery wrought during the Renaissance. They are considered tohave been made in the first half of the 16th century, probably in the reign of Ferdinand I who was crownedKing of Bohemia in 1527, Roman king in 1531 and Emperor in 1556.

Royal AppleThe Apple wrought of fine gold (18 carat), weighs 780 grams andmeasures 22 cm in height. It consists of two flattened hemispheres linkedby a decorative circular band and crowned with a fairly large cross. Thecircle under the cross bears the inscription DOMINE IN VIRTUTE TUA

LETABITUR REX ET SUPER SALUTARE TUAM EXULTABIT (O Lord, inThy strength the king will be glad and in Thy salvation how greatly he willrejoice). The richly ornamented decorations feature predominantlyprecious stones and pearls, while the slight little figures of six sphinxes onthe base of the cross form a charming detail. The gold, of the red spinels,and the blue sapphires, in places emphasized by colourful enamel arestriking in their harmony. The surface of both hemispheres is covered withan extremely precisely wrought relief of figures, thematically connectedwith the coronation. On the upper hemisphere there are scenes illustratingthe story of David - his anointment the king and the fight between Davidand Goliath; on the lower hemisphere there is a depiction from Genesis of Adam kneeling before the Creator, of Adam being led into the Garden of

Eden and the Creator warning Adam and Eve of the tree of knowledge.The use of these areas for figural decoration is unique and indicates the significance attributed to thisinsignia by the person who commissioned it.


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Royal SceptreThe Sceptre is wrought of gold of equalpurity as the Royal Apple. It is 67 cm longand weighs 1,013 grams. In the set of Crown Jewels this Sceptre was replaced at

the time of the rule of the Premyslides. It is decorated with four sapphires, five spinels and sixty-two pearls.It consists of several differently shaped parts connected with rings, with a more striking feature of a row of pearls at the base of the handle. The entire surface of all the parts is covered by a finely engraved

decoration whose dominant feature consists in the motive of vine tendrils,leaves, and flowers or acanthuses. Some parts, in addition, are overlaidwith multi-coloured enamel. The spectacular crest of the Sceptre ismodelled in the shape of a kind of a flower with S-shaped stems and fineacanthuses from which gems and pearls sprout .

Coronation Cloak The Coronation Cloak, which has been preserved at Prague Castle, ismade of luxurious silk material, called gold lily. A pattern of the cloth ismade of a silk thread wound around a flat golden wire (purl). The design of the cloak itself is semi-circular, without sleeves, prolonged at the back toform a train. It is 312 cm wide and measures in length 236 cm from theneckline to the end of the train. It is entirely edged with ermine - the whitewinter coat of a stoat - which, because it is so precious and rare, isconsidered to be the fur for kings. Researchers have succeeded in datingit more precisely to the beginning of the 17th century, probably worn in the

reign of Ferdinand II. He was crowned the Czech king in 1617, and as it has been recorded, was clothed ina "gold-lily cloak". The last king to be clad in the Czech coronation attire was Ferdinand V when he wascrowned the Czech king in 1836. Since then the coronation apparel is only of historical and art-historicalsignificance. It does, however, highlight a unique collection of rulers' apparel and their fragments, whichhave been preserved at Prague Castle since 10th century.

The Spanish Prague exhibition brings together paintings, sculptures, books, prints and more from museumsand galleries in Prague, as well as from church and private collections.

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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 20 The Powder Tower used to be the alchemists laboratory in the time of Rudolph II. Now there isa permanent exhibition about Prague Castle uard.

The Vyehrad Castle in Prague Mar03, 2009One of Pragues remarkable and beautiful buildings, theBasilica of Saints Peter and Paul at Vysehrad Castle, Prague.

Overlooking theVltava River on a hill isVyehrad , an ancientcastle in Prague built in the 10th century also known as castleon the heightsMap of Vysehrad castle grounds posted at the informationboard (click for larger image, refer toMap Legend at the end

of this post)We started our tour at the Brick (Prague) Gateand hiked our way to the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul .
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Entrance to the Vysehrad Castle via the Brick (Prague) Gate which can be accessed fromVratislavova street.

The Brick (Prague) Gate as seen from inside thecastle grounds

Hidden within theVysehrad castle fortress arevaulted chambers also known as casemates whichcan be accessed via the Brick Gate. The largest areain the Vysehrad casemates is the Gorlice Subterranean Hall , which used to be a storage roomfor food and weapons. Presently, it is where theoriginal statues of St. Augustine, St. Nicholas, St.Bernard and others from the Charles Bridge are

kept.
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View of theGorlice Subterranean Hall from theoutside

This is the remains of the Portal of the Baroque

Armoury upon entering the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.

Just adjacent to the Basilica is the VysehradCemetery where famous Czech artists, authors,composers, scientists and important citizens areburied.

The Vysehrad Cemetery beside the Basilica

The Slavin or Pantheon by Antonn Wiehl as thecemeterys main attraction

Other interesting spots within the castle groundsare the Tabor Gate, the picka Gate, St.

Martins Rotunda, the Prof. Krejci memorial
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plaque and more.

The Medallion to geologist Prof. Jan Krejc as part of the castle walls St. Martins Rotunda , a simple Romanesque building We

were not able to tour the other sights inside the castle as itwas time to go. If youre planning to visit Vysehrad, its

best to allot at least a day for exploring around as there aremany interesting and historical landmarks in this ancientcastle. You may have a guided tour along the casemates

chambers, or view the exhibits at the Vysehrad Galleryor stop at some of the monuments around the area. Vysehrad

is a peaceful haven where one can commune with nature ashe hikes around the castle grounds, while enjoying a

beautiful view of the Vltava River or gazing down over Pragues picturesque cityscape.

St. Vitus CathedralSt. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the mostimportant temple in Prague. Apart from religiousservices the coronations of Czech kings and queensalso took place in here. Yours too. The cathedral is aplace of interment of remains of provincial patronsaints, sovereigns, noblemen and archbishops.Thecathedral is the third church consecrated to the samesaint on the identical site. About the year 925 PrinceVaclav I founded a Romanesque rotunda here whichafter 1060 was converted into a basilica with threenaves and two steeples. The importance of thecathedral grew especially after the establishment of the Prague bishopric in 973 and the founding of thebody of canons - the St. Vitus chapter, which later became an important cultural and administrative

institution. In 1344 Charles IV began the construction of a Gothic cathedral. Its first builders, Matthias of

Arras and later Peter Parler, built the chancel with a ring of chapels, St. Wenceslas Chapel, the GoldenPortal and the lower part of the main steeple.In spite of the endeavours of some sovereigns to secure the continuation of the construction work thecathedral remained uncompleted for whole centuries. Because the knowledge of construction that kindmonuments had almost lost. Extremely few knew that making a construction with stone has extremely other abilities than other materials. Hidden abilities as the abilitie to collect the stone all the power of underground
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 24energy river at first and at second acting like transmitter to start to sent these waves to the space around.My dear reader think all the cathedral churches as giant transmitters who collect pouwer from undergroundenergy rivers and transmit this energy bach to the universe. A scientist cant explain that more simple. LikeGiant radios which transmit. Who is the receiver? Its good question but let me answer to this latter. Themain steeple was crowned with a Renaissance helmet and the music choir was built. The facade of thecathedral was provisionally closed.It was not until the latter half of the 19th century that the Union for the Completion of theBuilding of St.

Vitus Cathedral began the repair of the original part and the completion of the building of thecathedral in Neo-Gothic style. The cathedral was solemnly consecrated in 1929. Its interior was subjectedto adaptations even in later years.Visitors enter the cathedral through the portal in the western facade,opposite the passage-way between the Second and Third Courtyards of Prague Castle. Its bronze door isdecorated with reliefs with scenes from the history of the cathedral and from the legends about St.Wenceslas and St. Adalbert .The Neo-Gothic part of the cathedral consists of the main nave and the narrow side aisles, lined withchapels, and the northern wing of the transverse nave. The chapels have stained glass windows. For themoment is enough to understand that these churches acted like music organs and transmit waves,frequencies, to outer space. Earths energy rivers was the wires . You see the giant stone each minutepressed from the power two opposite powers, the power of connection and the power of its weight.So thisgiant stone plays like a cord of a guitar!!! The curve of the entrance where the stone is, operates atthe same time as receiver, condenser, amplifier and resounder of the energy wave!!! Thats themeaning of the cave where the holy power was !!! The construction of the large southern steeple wasstarted by Peter Parler, but he did not complete it. It gained its originally planned height after being providedwith a Renaissance helmet in the 16th century. St. Wenceslas's Chapel partly reaches on to the area of thetransverse nave. The different conception of its architecture and its magnificent decoration emphasize itsimportance as the central point of the cathedral as a whole. The solemn entrance to the cathedral, theGolden Portal, affords access to the chapel from the Third Courtyard.Situated in the chancel of thecathedral, in front of the high alter, is the royal mausoleum below which, in the crypt, there is theroyal tomb. The chancel is surrounded by a ring of Gothic chapels. Czech sovereigns and patron saintsare interred in some of them.Acording the greek etymology, this rhythm came from the word goitia-magia-gois-magos-magisa-goitevo-gotthikos rhythm

For more than 600 years, the roofs of Prague Castle have been overlooked by the towers of St VitusCathedral. The cathedral, whose original name is St Vitus, St Wenceslas and St Adalbert Cathedral, is thebiggest and the most important church in the Czech Republic. Its the seat of the Archbishop of Prague andthe place where saints, kings, princes and pmperors of Bohemia are buried. Now dear reader St. Vitus willbecome the church where the most important of all emperors will define his kindom. St. Jan knows andkeeps this secret safe until this day comes. The coronations of the kings of Bohemia were held there until1836. Its one of the best examples of Gothic architecture.West side When you walkfrom the II courtyardto the III courtyardthe first thing you notice is the impressive western part of St Vitus Cathedral. There isalso the official main entrance to the cathedral. This part of the cathedral is the newest, it was built at theturn of the 19th and the 20th century (see St Vitus Cathedral History). The western part of the cathedral ischaracterized by two tall towers and the Rose Window. The author of this window, Frantisek Kysela, let

himself inspire by old gothic windows in famous cathedrals in Paris. Notice four figures at the bottom of thewindow, two at at each side. They represent important people in the newest reconstruction of the cathedral.When you continue to the III courtyard pasing the Old Provosty, you may notice that the part of St VitusCathedral from the Renaissance Bell Tower with the Baroque helmet to the Gothic part on the right comefrom the times of the famous architect Petr Parler and his two sons. The dominant of this side, the BellTower, holds Zikmund, the biggest bell in the Czech Republic.

One of the most noteworthy constructions at Prague castle is the St.Vitus cathedral. Apart from its religioussignificance, this was the scene of coronation for Czech kings and queens. This is where the remains of Czech patron saints are kept, as well as kings, bishops, and other aristocrats. Included here would be Johnof Luxembourg, Charles IV, and Rudolf II. The church of today is now the third one on the same spot.Around the year 925, count Vaclav I. erected a roman rotunda, which was transformed into abasilica with two spires around the year 1060 . The fame of the cathedral grew when a bishop's seat wasfounded in Prague in 973, and the city became more significant within the church administration. In 1344,Charles the IV authorized the construction of a Gothic cathedral.The first constructors (Matyas fromArras, and then Peter Parler) erected the basic choir with its chapels, the golden gate, and the lower part of the main spire. Then the church remained untouched for several centuries , even thoughvarious lords of the time planned its deconstruction. Rudolf II even preferred a secular castle construction
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 25before the huge temple. In the second half of the 19th century the Union for reconstructing the church of St.Vitus were authorized to change some original parts of the church and rebuild it into a new-Gothic style.The cathedral was consecrated in 1929 . If you would like to see the church in more detail, you wouldneed really need at least a day, the majority of visitors spend at least an hour . Every detail, painting,statue, engraving, they all have historical stories and legends connected to them. Gosts are aroundas martyr of these srories The bronze entrance gate is adorned with reliefs from the legends of SaintsVaclav and Vojtech. In front of the main altar in the cathedral there is the royal museum, in the underground

of the temple are found the royal tombs. Not every visitor is familiar with Czech history, but one artist isknown by all. His name isAlfons Mucha. During the War, when even Prague castle was bombarded, one of its beautiful windows was destroyed. The new design wascreated according to the work of Alfons Mucha. This artistof world wide significance also has his ownmuseum inPrague. There is no entrance fee to the cathedral, butthen you will not get access to the royal museum, tombs,or be allowed to go up the seemingly endless twistingstairway to the main spire. From there you will findperhaps the most excellent view of Prague. Tickets maybe purchased for the entire complex at once, or for individual expositions. It surprised me that thisinformation was not supplied at the ticket office, soeveryone went and bought the most expensive ticketsfor all expositions. When I asked for a ticket just tothe spire, they obliged me. Next time we will saysomething about the myths and hauntings in theSt.Vitus cathedral and along the famous Zlata Ulicka .

Golden Portal To the right of the tower is the former main entrance to the cathedral called GoldenPortal. A large mosaic above the entrance was made in a Bohemian glass factory with theassistance of Italian artists. It depicts the Last Judgement. Jesus is surrounded by angels and the

kneeling Czech patrons St Prokop, St Zikmund and St Vitus on the left and St Wenceslas, StLudmila and St Vojtech on the right. The mosaic covers an area of 82 square meters. Interior StVitus Cathedral consists of the central nave with narrow aisles with small chapels and the norherntransept. The chapels are illuminated by the light going through coloured windows showing manysacred motives. Notice especially the window by Alfons Mucha, the representative of Art Nouveau.The masterpiece of St Vitus Cathedral is St Wenceslas Chapel created in the 14th century byCharles IV in honour to the patron of Czech lands St Wenceslas. This chapel is known for itsbeautiful and rich decorations. Another admired work of art is the tombstone of John of Nepomuksituated opposite the John Nepomuks Chapel. Above the arches of the arcades you can see thebusts of people that had merit in construction of the cathedral. The busts in the older part of thecathedral come from Petr Parlers foundry.

Mausoleum and royal crypt In front of the main altair of St Vitus Cathedral youll find the royalmarble mausoleum with the royal crypt, where Bohemian kings were buried, underneath it. Themauzoleum consists of the tombstones of Ferdinand I of Austria, his wife Anna of Bohemia nadHungary and the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II. The royal crypt underneath the cathedralcontains the graves of Charles IV, his four wives, Wenceslas IV, Ladislas the Poshumous, Georgeof Podebrady, Rudolf II and the daughter of Maria Theresa of Austria Marie Amalie of Austria. Howto get there:St Vitus Cathedral is the dominant of Prague Castle complex . You can get there bytrams no. 22 and 23 from metro station Malostranska (stop Prazsky hrad) or from metro stationMalostranska by old royal steps. There is a barrier-free access to the cathedral.

"People are moving out of the way; something big and inexorable is plunging through the crowd, shovingavatars this way and that. Only one thing has the ability to shove people around like that inside The BlackSun, and that's a bouncer daemon." What are avatars really and where did all this come from? Storieswere told around campfires thousands of years ago, just as they are today. Only back then, that was theonly form of evening entertainment and they really knew how to tell a story. Complete with dancing,drumming, masks and costumes, members of those old communities donned other personae and acted outfables from the overworld, the afterworld and other features of the local mythology. Cave paintings also
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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 26showed fanciful representations of the community and its world. Stories told in front of these vivid actionfilled paintings must have had the power to totally immerse listeners. So how are avatars and virtual worldsconnected with all this? You could look at it as a neo-digital cave culture. Just picture millions of us sitting infront of our glowing screens (largely at nighttime) all reaching out and to paint on our shared digital walls.

In all of those ancient campfire stories the most terrifying and intriguing character of all was thedisembodied spirit. As the tellers described it, these spirits could inhabit any person or object, giving voices

to stones and causing trees to walk. The ogre, the monster, the demon all sprung from fearsome livingcreatures that threatened human lives. The difference was that these creatures were creations of thehuman imagination and all embodied human attributes: a human body, a crafty mind, the voice of a man or woman. These creatures were all morphs of people. When people started to build machines that hadsome attributes of living things such as mechanical power or logical processes all of their beliefs in spiritsand monsters began to transfer to these machines. Our fascination with Frankenstein and his progenycontinues today and underlies the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence and artificial life. The uniqueenvironment of virtual worlds will allow us to visually embody little experimental Frankensteins in the form of software agents, robots, daemons, biots and biota.

From 1990 to 1994 I had the great fortune to frequently visit and then to live in Prague, a beautiful city in thethen newly 'liberated' central Europe. Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia (which later became the CzechRepublic), had ended up on the Soviet side of the so-called 'iron curtain' after the end of World War II. For forty years, Prague had existed in a time warp under an intensely autocratic communist dictatorship (withthe exception of the famous Prague Spring which lead to an invasion in 1968 The history and culture of theregion of Bohemia and Moravia, which make up most of the Czech Republic, I got a glimpse into some of the origins of the concept of avatars. I was surprised to learn that the term robot was coined by a Czechplaywright, Karel Capek, earlier in this century. Playwright Capek's 1923 work was called "R.U.R.,Rossum's Universal Robots.". Robot derived from rabotai, the Czech word for workThe Golden Lane,home of alchemists in Prague Castle . The Czechs, Sudeten Germans and Jews had built a rich cultureand a prosperous industrial society in Bohemia-Moravia that gave us articulated body armor, elaboratelocks, and guns, including the pistol (which is another Czech word). Prague is a city of spires and clocks,including an elaborate astronomical clock with figures that march out of trap doors on the hour. About 500years ago, king Rudolph II decided to fund a group of alchemists and even built a street full of tiny housesfor them inside the walls of Prague Castle (see preceding figure). Under the protection and funding of theking, these secretive alchemists were charged with a mystical mission: to animate matter, to give life todead material and take a step toward creating homunculi or artificial men.

St. Wenceslas ChapelSt. Wenceslas Chapel is a cult center of St. Vitus Cathedral. Itsmagnificent decoration and the different conception of itsarchitecture emphasize its singularity as the central point of thecathedral with the tomb of the most important provincial patronsaint . The facing of the walls, consisting of precious stones, and thewallpaintings of the Passion cycle are parts of the original14th-century decoration of the chapel . The scenes from the life of St. Wenceslas forming another decorative band are attributed to theworkshop of the Master of the Litomerice Altar (the cycle is dated in1509).The door in the south-western corner of the chapel leads to theCrown Chamber in which the Bohemian Coronation Jewels arekept. Here is the third secret of the churches of the Palace. The high

rhythm which used to construct them, combines lines with curves, the power of the stones of one power of the building as connected with the power of the opposite side, eliminates the weight and becomes 0. Thecathedral church moves high to the air, inside storms and waves of atmosphere. Collects light, Collectspower from earth , transforms earth water wind and fire from one material to another, is the source of alcemy, not alchemy of the materials but alhemy of the souls of the people who want to transform to ahigher spiritual level. The Biger Magistros of Naites, kept to his hands the Avakio, the symbol of the owner of the secret knowledge. Really where he found the secret knowledge? Who gave this knowledge to him?No one said that as episkop De Vuku informed throw his letters, a church Christian or not, not constructed


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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 27by following a simple procedure. Exept the exact place which devine creatures show, needed a specialman to give the formula of construction to a hidden language namrd kabala using letters and symbolswhich gave the magic numbers of the construction. Numbers which define the exact size of the areas of thechurch. After that the chief of the workers made to real size on the ground a drawing of the church . Thisplace is the area which is gift from the god of earth fot this creation. After that 3 people comes to continuethe procedure of construction. The first has inspiration from the god and gives orders to a unknownlanguage. The second is the wise man who gives the conections between the symbols of the magic

formula. And at last comes the chief of the workers who design the lines and the curves. Speech, numbers,harmony for these who know. For the others its time for analysis and spiritual game. The chief of workersisnt alive to answer to the questions we will make to him. But left behind all the answers written to theharmony of the stones. The church the same, gives the answers if you make the right questions, as thechurch borned to the head of the vuivr, to the head of the snake where Santa Maria stands

There are big paraler stones, holly stones to many Egyptian Christian and gree church as the solomonschurch or Agia Sofia at Kostantinupoli, paraler, square or circle stones, like the stones which can find toNaites churches. These knights was searching the graal, the holy cup where Iosif collect the blood of Jesuswhen he died. Legent says that this holy cup was to the palace of a fisherman king. But lets see what grailmeans. This word is german and is a combination from the words gar-al. Bur the word gar means stone.And the word al is really the word EL. So we can see that Gar-EL means clearly the stone of EL. And whichis this stone? The stone of EL is humans. Humans throw the abilitie of mind have the possibility to improvetheirselves daily coming to a divine level. So simply someone can say very simple that all these symbolsare a language inside a language which gives the ability to invisible people to communicate between themand with other communities they create under the eyes of the usual people. They live between us aroundus but we cant see them. Only we find trails from their existence. We understand the general meaning of their language but we cant read it.

Old Royal PalaceThe Palace grew and gradually gained its present appearance from the time of its founding in the late 9th

century. The original wooden building with a stone foundation wall was converted into a stoneRomanesque palace by Prince Sobeslav in the early 12th century . Remainders of it have beenpreserved in the underground to the present. The palace was adjoined on its eastern side by All Saints'Chapel, which was consecrated in 1185.In the first half of the 14th century the king and emperor Charles IVhad a Gothic palace with a vaulted interior for state purposes and a band of arcades on its northern sidebuilt on the site of the Romanesque building. During the reign of his son Wenceslas IV two perpendicular wings were added and All Saints' Chapel was reconstructed.The palace was deserted for entire eighty years of the stormy 15th century. After 1483 the king VladislavJagello returned to Prague Castle and commenced the last large-scale reconstruction of the palace .The magnificent solemn Vladislav Hall was added to it and when designing it the architect Benedikt Riedcombined the art of the Late Gothic with elements of the newly arriving Renaissance style. Theperpendicular palace wing named after Vladislav's son Ludvik is also the work of B. Ried. After the

succession of the Habsburgs to the Bohemian throne the interiors of the Old Royal Palace were used for coronation festivities and diets and as conference rooms, offices and depositories. New dwelling quarterswere built to the west of the palace, in the southern part of the Castle complex. After the catastrophic firewhich occurred in 1541 the Diet and All Saints' Church were rebuilt. The Theresian Wing originated in thecourse of the reconstruction of the Castle in the 18th century. During the 20th century it has been subjectedto several reconstructions. In 1993 it was adapted for an exhibition of creative art.

But why commenced the last large-scale reconstruction of the palace? Which special reason was thecause for that? ?This castle as the most strong castle in Europe, connecting two cultures was a strategicpoint of command the world these days. The commander of world, especially if he had to his hands specialweapons, too developed for this period, no one could win him. Special forces which moved from west east,Naites, had now to their occupation too much treasure that they could make anything they like to the world.And the first thing they did is to become invisible no one to be able to find trails from them. Their mission,was to go to Solomons church to find something hidden there. ( Knights went there to find, guard, and takewith them something extremely valuable, as the man who choosen for this mission was men over usualhuman passions. They had to carry something extremely valuable and dangerous at the same time. So ithad to be absolutely secret. What object it could be? Nothing else than the Box which Moisis made with the


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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 2810 orders from god. Moisis put these stones there and someone wanted the secret as he knew that readingthese stones you learn the secret how the world is connected and have the ability to go to causes andreactions from them, so you have the ability to be the master of each phainomeno. Alhemy. And wheresuch thing could be safe? Only to Prague castle these season. So I say straight that Naites made all thewars to steal one and only object and put it in Prague castle

The Vladislav HallFrom the 16th century the Vladislav Hall served particularly royal state purposes . It was the scene of coronation festivities and banquets, knights' tournaments and markets with artistic and luxurious goods. TheVladislav Hall still partly fulfils the state function: the elections of the president of the Czech Republic andceremonial gatherings connected with important days in the life of this country take place in it.Neighbouring on the Vladislav Hall is the Diet, which through the furnishings of its interior affords an idea of the way in which the proceedings of the Diet took place after 1627, and also All Saints' Church. From thesouth-western corner of the Vladislav Hall a portal leads to the Ludwig Wing with the offices of the CzechChancellery. In 1618 its second room witnessed the beginning of the uprising to the Czech Estates whentwo governors and a scribe were thrown into the castle ditch from its window. The uprising of the CzechEstates was the first conflict of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648).The observation gallery on the southernwall of the Vladislav Hall affords a beautiful view of the Garden on the Ramparts and of Prague. Nowadaysthe exit from the Vladislav Hall is formed by the Riders' Staircase, built originally to enable knights to enter the hall on horseback in order to take part in the jousting competitions held in it. The staircase is vaultedwith a complicated Late Gothic rib vault.

St. George BasilicaSt. George's Basilica originated as the second church at Prague Castle. Only the foundations of thebuilding, founded about 920 by Prince Vratislav I have been preserved. When the convent for Benedictinenuns was founded in 973 the church was enlarged and reconstructed. The present Romanesque

appearance of the church with main apse and two steeples dated from the time of the reconstruction carriedout after the devastating fire which occurred in 1142. In the first half of the 13th century a chapelconsecrated to St. Ludmila was added to the church as well as a portico on its western side. The EarlyBaroque period left its mark in the form of the present striking facade and the reconstruction of the wholeconvent. In the early 18th century the architect F.M. Kanka added the Baroque Chapel of St. JohnNepomuk to the church. After the devastating occupation of the convent by troops in the late 18th centurythe church was renewed in the years 1887 to 1908 after a design by F. Mach, who tried to restore itsRomanesque appearance. In the period of from 1969 to 1975 the convent was also reconstructed andadapted for the installation of the exposition of old Bohemian art of the National Gallery. The interior of thebasilica is Romanesque, austere and monumental. The tombs of members of the Premyslid dynasty of princes are situated in the main nave. The southern side of the chancel is adjoined by St. Ludmila'sChapel. The convent has a simple and soberly decorated Early Baroque facade. From the eastern branchof the cloister access can be gained to St. Anne's Chapel in the convent. The most beautiful works of Bohemian Gothic art and art of the Rudolphian and Baroque period are exhibited in the interiors of theconvent. Open daily except Mondays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Golden LaneThe Golden Lane originated after the construction of the northern wall of the Castle. The area of thenorthern bailey was used for the building of modest dwellings, which are now the last remainder of thesmall-scale architecture of Prague Castle. They were inhabited by the castle servants, perhaps goldsmiths(the name "Golden Lane" is documented from the 16th century] and the castle marksmen. The tiny houseswere occupied until World War II, but already during the period of the First Republic care was taken toensure that the picturesque character of the lane was not changed in the course of modifications. From1916 to 1917 house No. 22 was inhabited by the writer Franz Kafka. The appearance of a 16th-centurydwelling is best demonstrated by house No. 20 with a frame upper floor. The original size is documented byhouse No. 13, which is the only dwelling here to have adhered to the resent to the original regulationaccording to which the room had to be built in an arch of the wall - its facade does not protrude into the lane


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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 29at all.The staircase in house No. 12 affords access to the terrace in front of the tower called Daliborka. Thisround cannon tower formed a part of the Jagello fortification system and its bottom floor was used as aprison from the beginning. The first and also the best-known prisoner was the knight Dalibor of Kozojedy,who was imprisoned here in 1498. Another well-known prisoner was Baron Frantisek Antonin Spork of EastBohemia, renowned in the 18th century as an admirer and patron of art. Open daily with ever changingentrance fees.

Lobkowicz PalaceThe palace is on Jirska street, which runs from the square U sv. Jiri (St. George square) in the direction of the eastern gate of Prague Castle. Standing on the southern side in its lower part is Lobkowicz Palace.Dwelling houses stood here already in the 13th century. Later two large Gothic houses belonging to Czechnoblemen were built on this site. The construction of a palace building wasstarted here before the mid- 16th century by Wolf Krajir of Krajek and continuedafter him by the lords of Pernstejn, one of the largest Bohemian noble familiesof the 16th century.The Renaissance palace had four wings surrounding a courtyard and it wasoutstanding for its rich architectural decoration. During the period of from 1651to 1668 Carlo Lurago adapted it in Early Baroque style for Eusebius of Lobkowicz, then the Bohemian governor. Two rooms and the chapel on the firstfloor have been preserved in their original form.

The Palace houses a permanent exposition created from a private collection of the Lobkowicz family called -The Princely Collections . On display arepictures by Velzquez Brueghel, Canaletto and others, works of art from the12th to the 20th century, musical instruments and original manuscripts andperiod prints of significant musical works (Hndel, Haydn, Beethoven), anda unique collection of arms.


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1. Refer to the Map Legend below for moreidea of the other attractions in the castlegrounds.:1. THE TABOR GATE

2. THE REMAINS OF THE GOTHIC SPICKA(PEAK) GATE (Information centre)3. THE JEDLICKA INSTITUTE4. THE HOUSE OF POPELKA BILIANOVA5. VYSEHRAD MONUMENT - ADMINISTRATION6. THE LEOPOLD GATE7. ST. MARTINS ROTUNDA8. PLAGUE PILLAR 9. CHURCH OF DECOLLATION OF ST. JOHN THEBAPTIST10. CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF THE RAMPARTS11. THE NEW DEANERY12. THE DEVILS PILLAR 13. ST. JOHANUS NEPOMUCENUS14. MONUMENT TO PROVOST M. KARLACH - by P.Malovany15. ST. ADALBERT (SV. VOJTECH)

2. 16. THE OLD DEANERY17. REMAINS OF ROMANESQUE BASILICA OF ST.LAWRENCE (SV. VAVRINEC)18. THE OLD BURGRAVATE - chamber hall and CafeCitadela19a. GOTHIC CELLAR - permanent exhibition on TheHistoric Faces of Vysehrad19b. GOTHIC CELLAR - barrier - free entry20. REMAINS OF THE GOTHIC PALACE

21. VYSEHRAD ART GALLERY - originally a Medievalwatchtower22. THE BATH OF LIBUSE - remains of Medieval watchtower23. MEDIEVAL WALL

24. STATUARY - J.V.MYSLBEK 25. REMAINS OF THE WALLS OF THE ROMANESQUESTONE BRIDGE26. REMAINS OF THE PORTAL OF THE BAROQUEARMORY27. CHURCH OF SS. PETER & PAUL28. VYSEHRAD CEMETERY29. SLAVIN, THE PANTHEON30. ST. LUDMILA - by J.M.Brokoff 31. SV. SEBASTIAN32. MEDALLION TO GEOLOGIST PROF. KREJCI33. THE OLD PROVOSTS RESIDENCE34. THE NEW PROVOSTS RESIDENCE35. MONUMENT TO PROVOST V.STULC - by S. Zalesak 36. ST. WENCESLAS - by J.J.Bendl37. SUMMER THEATRE - round bastion38. THE BRICK (PRAGUE) GATE39. GORLICE - SUBTERRANEAN HALL40. THE OLD CZECH LEGEND PLAYGROUND41. PLAYGROUND U GORLICE


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Explore the paranormal, spiritural side of Prague as you are lead away fromthe Old Town Square. The lantern leads you down narrow lanes, twistingcorridors, and dark alleys. These ancient structures, haunted churches andlegendary theatres have birthed many of Hollywoods monsters. Someghosts protect the city and some look for being rescued from their ghostlyplight. Will you help them? As you hear the stories of the spirits "leftbehind", feel their sorrow as well as their love for the city they express eventoday. You will learn about the science behind the paranormal world,explore the legends of Prague and learn the secrets behind thearchitecture.. Thank you!

GHOST AND LEGENDBehold the dark side of Prague! The untold, mysterious historybehind the bewitching capital, just waiting to grab your undivided attention as you wander through the narrow windingcobblestone lanes in the middle of the night! What an excitingadventure for older children, teenagers and adults alike and amemorable one at that! The best ghost and legend tours,comical tour guides offering insight into the paranormal, whynot try an unconventional tour of Prague? Four tours areoffered that are suitable for older children and one tour specifically for adults (3 hour haunted pub crawl). The four tours are: legends of the Jewish ghetto, ghosts and legends of

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Liapis Panayotic, Legents of Prague 32The castle has been the site of human habitation since the 9th century AD - at least. The famous

Defenestration of Prague occurred here; during theNazi occupation, a photo was taken showing Hitler regarding the city from a window in the castle. Someof its inhabitants have never left.

Golden Lane (Zlat ulika), in the castle area, is said to

have a house that appears only occasionally, at the end of the street.

Jelen Pikop (Deer Moat) is said to be haunted by theghost of a man whose corpse was found by a castleservant whose duty was to feed the royal animals. Withouttelling anyone of his find, he used the corpse as aconvenient source of animal food. The dead mans ghostcast a spell on the body snatcher, driving him insane and causing him to hang himself. The castle complexis haunted by a headless man, accompanied by a large black dog who carries the mans skull in its mouth.

Loretnsk nmst was, according to legend, the site of the ultimate fate of Drahomra, who organizedthe murders of her mother-in-law Ludmila and her own son, Wenceslaus I. After the death of Wenceslaus,Drahomra decided to leave Bohemia. As she departed in her carriage early one morning, the church bellsbegan to ring, prompting her servant to kneel beside the carriage and pray. The pagan Drahomra orderedthe servant to remount the carriage and drive on, when a clap of thunder sounded and the earth opened.Drahomra, her carriage and her horses all fell into the abyss and straight into hell. The terrified servant ranto the castle to relate what had happened, but due to Drahomras lack of popularity, nobody would come toher rescue. The abyss is said to have remained there for centuries, with flames bursting from it at night; thearea resounded with Drahomras screams

Old Royal Palace - seat of Bohemian princesSplendid Old Royal Palace (Stary kralovsky palac) on the third courtyard usedto be the seat of Bohemian princes. It was founded in the 9th century and sincethen has been changed significantly by great emperors Sobeslav I, Charles IV,Wenceslas IV and Vladislav Jagiello. Sobeslav I built a Romanesque palacearound 1135, the remnants of which can be seen in the cellar of the presentbuilding. Vladislav Jagiello decided to make big changes and hired BenediktRied to build the Vladislav Hall on the top floor of the palace and a palace wingcalled after his son Ludwig. Habsburk dynasty used the palace for coronations,

assemblies, government offices and depositories. During the World War II. theCzech Crown Jewels werehidden in the Old Royal Palace to be protected from the air-raids. Nowadays the Old Royal Palace with itsspectacular halls is a part of the Prague Castles long and short tours. The Vladislav Hallused to be thelargest secular hall of medieval Prague. From the 16th century was used for coronation festivities, knightstournaments, balls or markets with luxurious goods. Knights on horseback could enter the hall by climingRiders Staircase . The hall is now used for the elections of the president of the Czech Republic and for ceremonious state events. There is a beautiful view of Prague from the observational gallery on thesouthern part of the Vladislav Hall. From the corner of the Vladislav Hall there is the entrance totheLudwig Wing. Ludwing Wing contains the offices of Czech Chancellery where the second Praguedefenestration took place in 1618. Two Catholic Governors and their secretary were thrown out of thewindow. They survived thanks to a dung heap, even though some Catholics thought that it was angelsintervention. This event started Thirty Years War. The Theresian Way was built by Maria Theresa in1766-68 to house the office registers. Now it serves as an exhibition hall for creative art.All SaintsChurch , consecrated to All Saints, was built by Peter Parler after 1370. After the great fire in 1541 only

peripheral walls remained . It was renovated in the Renaissance style after 1580 and prolonged to theVladislav Hall. The church is open to the public only during religious services and concerts, you can enter itfrom the Vladislav Hall.Old Royal Palace is open to the public: April October 9:00 17:00 November March 9:00 16:00


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State rooms in New Royal PalaceProbably the most spectacular and beautifully decorated halls at Prague Castle complex can be found inNew Royal Palace, that, together with St Vitus Cathedral, surrounds the III courtyard of Prague Castle.Thepalace served as the dwelling place for many rulers in the past. Now it is used by the office of the presidentof the Czech Republic and its administrative. The exclusive halls inside New Royal Palace are used for thereceptions of diplomats and statesmen officially invited by the president. They are open to the public onlyduring two Czech national holidays or special events. The New Royal Palace was created byreconstruction of several buildings from the reign of Rudolf II, Ferdinand III and Maxmilian II. Duringthe Theresian reconstruction in the 18th century most of the halls got its present look . The rich artcollections that had been placed in many rooms of the palace were took by Swedish as war booty, byHabsburgs as their property into Vienna or were sold for a ridiculous amount of money. The remains of thecollection can be found now in the Prague Castle Picture Gallery. The palace consists of four wings western wing, northern wing, central wing and southern wing. Lets have a look at the most significantrooms of New Royal Palace.Throne Hall in the Southern wing is meant for the most important state events,such as designation of the government, university professors, etc. The hall is decorated with three crystalchandeliers, large Persian carpets and a painting depicting the coronation of Ferdinand V. Rudolf galleryin the northern wing was built by Rudolf II and designed for his art collections. At the times of the reign of Rudolf II the wall were plain so that they could hold as many pictures as possible. Now are the walls of this47 meters long room decorated with reliefs from the second half of the 19th century.BeautifulSpanish hallin the northern wing near the Powder Bridge (Prasny most) got its name after Rudolfs popular Spanishhorses in the stables below the hall. It was built by Rudolf II for his collection of statues. It was redesignedinto a ballroom on the occasion of the coronations of Ferdinand V and Franz Joseph I. This large hall(4321x12 m) is decorated with golden chandeliers, light walls with ornaments and large mirrors. It is usednow for state and cultural events.Open to the public: State rooms are open to the public only twice a year during two national holidays Day of Liberation from Fascism in May and The Foundation of theCzechoslovak Republic in October. How to get there: The entrance to the state rooms is via Pacassistaircase between the I and II courtyard of Prague Castle

St George's Convent at Prague CastleSt Georges Convent is the oldest convent in Bohemia. It was founded near the Old Royal Palace in 973 byPrince Boleslav II and his sister Mlada and given to the Benedictines. St Georges Convent can be foundbetween St Georges Basilica, one of the most significant Romanesque building, Jirska street and nothernside of Prague Castle

s fortification. Boleslav II was 12 years old when he asked his sister Mlada to go to

Rome and persuade the Pope about the necessity of bishopric in Bohemia. Mlada, a beautiful girl, went toRome with several proficient diplomats and came back with the permi

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