Prague Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/cat/czech-republic/prague Tue, 14 Jun 2016 19:35:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 TRAVEL TO PRAGUE http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-prague.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-prague.html#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2016 01:50:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=206268 Prague evolved from about 40 fortified farms, a settlement between the castles of Wyscherhrad and Hradschin. This was described by the Arabian businessman Ibrahim Ibn Jakub in the 10th century as the ‘city of stone and chalk’, and was the first written mention of Prague. From this time onwards the old town evolved and in 1357 with the building of the Charles’ Bridge it was linked with the ‘small side’ on the left bank. In 1344 the bishopric founded in 973 was raised to an archbishopric. Two years later the city became the royal residence, with the building of the

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-prague.html/feed 0 PRAGUE MAP http://toursmaps.com/prague-map.html http://toursmaps.com/prague-map.html#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:35:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=206261 The Golden City, known for its hundred towers, lying in Central Bohemia on both sides of the river Moldau or to be quite exact at the confluent of the Moldau (Vltava) and Beraun. It is the capital of Czechoslovakia (CSFR) with its 1.2 million inhabitants and is by far its largest city. It has the archbishopric, is the seat of the CSFR government, the capital of the Czech part and the administrative center for Bohemia – a capital in every sense. It is its intellectual and cultural center as it has always been. This is confirmed by the fact that

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