Of all the Czech castles, this Gothic castle, established on 10th June 1348, is particularly exceptional. Karlštejn Castle was built by the king of Bohemia and Roman Emperor Charles IV...
She had the world at her feet and men loved her. Her inimitable soprano was the epitome of pure beauty. With extraordinary power and an inexhaustible range of expression she brilliantly...
Who doesn’t know the story of the Good Soldier Švejk by the Czech writer and journalist Jaroslav Hašek (30.4.1883, Prague – 3. 1.1923, Lipnice nad Sázavou)....
The stone Judith Bridge across the River Vltava in Prague was the third oldest stone bridge north of the Alps (after the bridges in Regensburg and Dresden) and the oldest bridge in Bohemia. It...
430 years ago, in 1582, the Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. This was much more accurate than the previous Julian calendar. The Julian calendar was out of astronomical...
Margaret of Bohemia (* 1296), daughter of the Bohemian King Wenceslas II and Judith of Habsburg, died 690 years ago, on April 8th 1322. From the age of 7 she was the wife of the 12-year-old...
Although St. Adalbert is one of the patron saints of Bohemia, during his lifetime he was its greatest critic. The second Bishop of Prague tried to convert the mostly pagan Bohemians to...
January 16th will be the 120th anniversary of the borth of Josef Skupa. This prominent Czech puppeteer and founder of Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvínka (The Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre)...