Prague: “The Golden”City

By nothing, Prague is one of the 20 most visited cities of the world, its beauty and historic patrimony have served him to be won surnames as “The golden city,“ “The heart of Europe” or “The mother of all the cities“. It is also the native land of writers as Franz Kafka, Jan Neruda -of which the Chilean poet took his surname like pseudonym- and Milan Kundera, that though he was born in Brno, he studied in the University Carolina of Prague. This city of more than one million Inhabitants, he is found situated in the edges of the Moldavian River and is the capital of the Czech Republic. In the year of 1992, the historic helmet of the city was declared world heritage by the UNESCO. There cheap hotels can be obtained.





The origin of their name has you vary theories, nevertheless the most accepted one is the one that drifts of the Slav word Prga that signifies flour toast, this due to the similar appearance with the land on the one that the Castle of Prague was built. The legendary founders of the city were called Premysl and Lybuse, who they built a castle on the right margin of the Moldavian river giving initiated to the dynasty Premyslida. Then would be the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, whose kings also functioned as the emperors of the Sacred Germanic Roman Empire. Carlos IV was the responsible for the construction of the New City, uniting the city centers of the populations of both edges of the Moldavian River, through the Bridge Carlos. It was during the domination austrohúngara in the 19th century that the city of Prague developed economically and culturally, being built beautiful churches, palaces, the National Museum, the State Theater and the Rudolfinum, building neorenacentista utilized as concert hall and expositions.



In the year 2004 the city of Prague was the sixth capital of Europe more visited after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin. Most of its tourist circuit is found in the classical neighborhoods of Hradcany, Bad Strana, Stare Mesto and Nove Mesto. One of the most symbolic buildings of the city is the Castle of Prague, considered medieval the greater fortress of the world.

The castle, built in the century IX, contains in its interior the Cathedral of San Vito, the Alley of Gold and the Alchemy, where is said they met many alchemists in search of the formula to create gold, besides was the home of Franz Kafka for many years. Also we find the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the House of the Preboste, the old royal palace, the Basilica of San Jorge, the Tower Dalibor, the Palace Lobkowicz and the Black Tower. Without leaving the neighborhood of Hradcany can be visited the Gardens of the Castle, the Palace Salm, the Palace of the Archbishop, the Tuscan Palace, among others.

In the other neighborhoods we find the famous Bridge Carlos in which artists and merchants take advantage of their important flow of tourists to do money, the Old City Hall and the Old-New Synagogue. A jewel of the modern architecture belonging to the style desconstructivista is the House Dancer, designed by the architect Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic in the year 1997. Him it is known also as Ginger and Fred by its resemblance to a couple of dancers.