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To the Top of Skip the Lines! FREE TO THE TOP OF ENTRY PRAGUE ATTRACTIONS GREAT BENEFITS & SKIP THE LINES! DISCOUNTS Save your money. Save your time! Including FREE sightseeing tour & river cruise! PRAGUE CASTLE The symbol of the Czech state has been the most important Czech landmark for ages; Prague Castle is also one of the country’s leading cultural institutions. The castle was probably foun- ded around the year 880 by Prince Bořivoj of the Přemyslid dynasty. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Prague Castle as the largest castle complex in the world (covering an area of nearly 70,000 m²); the castle is also inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The ca- stle is composed of a vast complex of palaces and Church buildings in a variety of architectural styles – from 10th–century Romanesque buildings to Gothic reconstructions from the 14th century, the work of renowned Slovenian architect Josip Plečnik during the First Republic up to the latest changes from the end of the 20th century. The access to Prague Castle complex is easy. There are several tram stops nearby (Královský letohrádek, Pražský hrad, Pohořelec) and also two metro stations (Malostranská, Hradčanská). The visitors use mostly tram No. 22 (stop called Pražský hrad). Then they leave the Castle through the Old Castle Stairs to metro station Malostranská. The most important monuments of Prague Castle are included in PRAGUE CITY PASS: Old Royal Palace with Vladislav Hall, St. George‘s Basilica, Golden Lane with Daliborka Tower, St. Vitus Cathedral. CONTACT: Prague Castle – Information Centre, 119 08 Praha 1 Phone: +420 224 372 423, +420 224 372 434, E–mail: [email protected] OPENING HOURS: Summer Tourist Season (1. 4. – 31. 10.): Prague Castle complex – daily 5.00 – 24.00, Premises requiring tickets – daily 9.00 – 17.00, (St. Vitus Cathedral – Katedrála sv. Víta – on Sunday from 12.00, last entry 16.40, Great South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral daily 10.00 – 18.00, last entry 17.30). Winter Tourist Season (1. 11. – 31. 3.): Prague Castle complex – daily 6.00 – 23.00, Premises requiring tickets – daily (except De- cember 24) 9.00 – 16.00, (St. Vitus Cathedral – Katedrála sv. Víta – on Sunday from, last entry 15.40, Great South Tower of St. Vitus Cathedral daily 10.00 – 17.00, last entry 16.30). PRAGUE OLD ROYAL CASTLE PALACE The 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 con- verted into a stone Romanesque palace by Prince Sobeslav in the early 12th century. Rema- inders of it have been preserved 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 IV had a Gothic palace with a vaulted interior for state purposes and a band of arcades on its northern side built on the site of the Romanesque building. During the reign of his son Wenceslas IV two perpendicu- lar 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 Vladislav Jagiello returned to Prague Castle and commenced the last large-scale re- construction of the palace. The magnificent solemn Vladislav Hall was added to it and when designing it the architect Benedikt Ried combined the art of the Late Gothic with elements of the newly arriving Renaissance style. The perpendicular palace wing named after Vladislav‘s son Ludvik is also the work of B. Ried. After the succession of the Habsburgs to the Bohe- mian throne the interiors of the Old Royal Palace were used for coronation festivities and diets and as conference rooms, offices and depositories. New dwelling quarters were built to the west of the palace, in the southern part of the Castle complex. After the catastrophic fire which occurred in 1541 the Diet and All Saints‘ Church were rebuilt. The Theresian Wing originated in the course of the reconstruction of the Castle in the 18th century. During the 20th century it has been subjected to several reconstructions. In 1993 it was adapted for an exhibition of creative art. THE VLADISLAV HALL From 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. The Vladislav Hall still partly fulfils the state function: the elections of the president of the Czech Republic and ceremonial 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 the south-western corner of the Vladislav Hall a portal leads to the Ludwig Wing with the offices of the Czech Chancellery. In 1618 its second room wit- nessed the beginning of the uprising to the Czech Estates when two governors and a scribe were thrown into the castle ditch from its window. The uprising of the Czech Estates was the first conflict of the Thirty Years‘ War (1618-1648). The observation gallery on the southern wall of the Vladislav Hall affords a beautiful view of the Garden on the Ramparts and of Prague. Nowadays the 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 competi- tions held in it. The staircase is vaulted with a complicated Late Gothic rib vault. ST. GEORGE‘S BASILICA AND CONVENT St. George‘s Basilica originated as the second church at Prague Castle. Only the foundations of the building, founded about 920 by Prince Vratislav I have been preserved. When the con- vent for Benedictine nuns 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 carried out after the devastating fire which occurred in 1142. In the first half of the 13th century a chapel consecrated to St. Ludmila was added to the church as well as a portico on its western side. The Early Baroque period left its mark in the form of the present striking facade and the reconstruction of the whole convent. In the early 18th century the architect F.M. Kanka added the Baroque Chapel of St. John Nepomuk to the church. After the devastating occupation of the convent by troops in the late 18th century the church was renewed in the years 1887 to 1908 after a design by F. Mach, who tried to restore its Romanesque appearance. In the period of from 1969 to 1975 the convent was also reconstructed and adapted for the installation of the exposition of old Bohemian art of the National Gallery. The interior of the basilica 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‘s Chapel. The convent has a simple and soberly decorated Early Baroque facade. From the eastern branch of the cloister access can be gained to St. Anne‘s Chapel in the convent. GOLDEN LANE The Golden Lane originated after the construction of the northern wall of the Castle. The area of the northern bailey was used for the building of modest dwellings, which are now the last remainder of the small-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 houses were occupied until World War II, but already during the period of the First Republic care was taken to ensure that the picturesque character of the lane was not changed in the course of modifications. From 1916 to 1917 house No. 22 was inhabited by the writer Franz Kafka. The appearance of a 16th-century dwelling is best demonstrated by house No. 20 with a fra- me upper floor. The original size is documented by house No. 13, which is the only dwelling here to have adhered to the present to the original regulation according to which the room had to be built in an arch of the wall - its facade does not protrude into the lane at all. The staircase in house No. 12 affords access to the terrace in front of the tower called Daliborka. This round cannon tower formed a part of the Jagiello fortification system and its bottom floor was used as a prison 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 East Bohemia, renowned in the 18th century as an admirer and patron of art. ST. VITUS CATHEDRAL St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague. Apart from re- ligious services the coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place in here. The cathedral is a place of interment of remains of provincial patron saints, sovereigns, noble- men and archbishops. The cathedral is the third church consecrated to the same saint on the identical site. About the year 925 Prince Vaclav I founded a Romanesque rotunda here which after 1060 was converted into a basilica with three naves and two steeples.
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