A castle - the first thing in a fairy-tale by Malecka
Starting from Praha-Castle, everything is breathtaking. Especially the Cathedral St Vitus. And ... pay attention... at that moment when from the little square you actually get to the Cathedral. Very interesting moment there. .Something I found about the Cathedral: built on the site of a rotunda founded in 925, it was transformed into a three aisle Romanesque basilica in 1060; in 1344, Charles IV hired Matthias of Arras to lay the foundations for the present church. Petr Parler continued the work for forty years until his death, when his sons picked up the mammoth project. Hussites severely damaged St. Vitus in 1421, however additional work was done on the church at the turn of following century... when you get out of the church and cross the square, you actually directly go to the Old Royal Palace. Bohemian kings resided in the palace until 1500s. Afterward, Habsburg kings and emperors used the western wing of the castle on their visits to Prague from Vienna, the center of the empire. The palace still housed the offices of the Bohemian state until the late 1700s...
Take a camera - GREAT PANORAMIC VIEW from the Castle.
then...Let's say ONE of the very fond memories: STANDING SOMEWHERE in the middle of Charles's Bridge, not thinking about anything specific, just admiring the view on the both sides of the river.
This is really a unique place!
