The oldest part of the Orloj, the mechanical clock and astronomical dial, dates from 1410 Advertisements
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Pražský hrad – The largest ancient castle complex in the world in Prague
The castle, built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. Prague Castle was most likely founded in around 880 by Prince Bořivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty. It consists of a […]
The Memorial to the Children Victims of the War in Lidice
A sculpture from the 1990s by Marie Uchytilová, overlooks the site of the old village of Lidice. The monument comprises 82 bronze statues of children (42 girls and 40 boys) aged 1 to 16, to honor the children who were murdered at Chełmno in the summer of 1942. On 10 June 1942 the Nazis killed all 173 […]
Kostel svatého Jiří – The Church of ghosts in Luková
The Church was built in 1352 in what was then Bohemia. When the church burned out at the end of the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the neo-Romanesque and neo-Gothic styles. Then in 1968 the roof collapsed during a funeral. The residents of Luková recognized this as a bad omen, a curse, and from then on […]
Bouzov Castle – The Medieval castle in Bouzov
An early 14th-century fortress which was first mentioned in 1317. Bouzov was established with the purpose to watch over the trade route from Olomouc to Loštice. The minor aristocratic Bůz of Bludovec family were its first recorded owners from 1317 to 1339. Ownership of the castles was then changed, and the Lords of Kunštát were among the […]
Sigmund Freud – The birthplace in Příbor
Freud was born to Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austrian Empire, today Příbor, Czech Republic, the first of eight children. Both of his parents were from Galicia, a province straddling modern-day West Ukraine and Poland. The house No. 117 belonged to the family of the locksmith Jan Zajíc. Jakob, a wool merchant, […]
