News Czech Republic » Prague » History: History Lives On in Prague’s Castle Quarter
Prague is one of Europe's best-preserved cities, having been spared from last century's bombs. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hilltop Castle Quarter, which looms above the city and dominates ...
News Czech Republic » Prague » History: Prague in shock and horror after ‘senseless’ shooting attack leaves 14 dead
Prague was in shock and mourning Friday after a gunman killed 14 people and injured 25 more at Charles University, the deadliest peacetime attack in the history of the Czech Republic. The brutal ...
News Czech Republic » Prague » History: 87, Charles Bridge in Prague (Czech Republic) 1
I previously talked about a castle hotel in the Czech Republic, but I hadn't stopped by Prague. Actually, I visited Prague with a friend several decades ago. The atmosphere in Eastern Europe at the ...
News Czech Republic » Prague » History: The Jewish History of Prague (PART TWO)
The devastation of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648) brought mixed fortune for the Jews of Prague. On the one hand, Emperor Ferdinand II, desperate for economic support in the war, took great pains to ...
News Czech Republic » Prague » History: Prague grapples with worst mass shooting in Czech history
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
News Czech Republic » Prague » History: A local’s guide to Prague
It’s difficult not to fall in love with the beauty of Prague. One of the few European cities that has escaped major natural disasters and destruction of 20th-century wars, it can feel like the set of ...
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