{"id":934,"date":"2016-10-03T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T13:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2018-09-23T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-23T19:02:12","slug":"about-prague","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/?page_id=934&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"about Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><!-- .entry-header --><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PUBLIC TRANSPORT AROUND PRAGUE (information, fares, routes) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpp.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.dpp.cz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PRAGUE OFFICIAL TOURIST PORTAL <a href=\"http:\/\/www.praguewelcome.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">www.praguewelcome.cz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.czechtourism.com\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">The CzechTourism agency <\/span><\/a>\u2013 learn more about the Czech Republic and Prague<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EzVAMCLYbY0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since the Middle Ages, Prague has been known as one of the most beautiful cities in\u00a0the world and has been attributed adjectives such as \u201cgolden\u201d, \u201ccity of hundred spires\u201d, \u201cthe crown of the world\u201d, \u201ca stone dream\u201d. The historical core of the city is situated on both banks of the Vltava river and consists of 6 parts \u2013 formerly independent urban units unified in\u00a0the 18th century. They are as follows: Star\u00e9 M\u011bsto (Old Town), Josefov (the preserved part of the former Jewish Town \u2013 today part of the Old Town), Nov\u00e9 M\u011bsto (New Town), Mal\u00e1 Strana (Lesser Town), Hrad\u010dany and Vy\u0161ehrad.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, most of the historical monuments, museums and galleries are concentrated there. 1000 years of development presented Prague with the most beautiful historical monuments of all architectural styles: Romanesque style, Gothic style, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Classicism and Empire style, Historicism, Art-Nouveau style, Cubism or Functionalism\u2026 Prague is the most valuable urban conservation area in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register. Prague was one of the nine cities awarded\u00a0the title of European City\u00a0of Culture for the year 2000 by the European Community. \u201cPraga caput regni\u201d has been inscribed in Prague\u2019s coat of arms. And rightly so.<\/p>\n<p>Since the very beginning, Prague has always played an important role in the history of the nation, country and Europe. Throughout centuries, prominent personalities paid homage to it. Writers and poets, such as Jan Neruda, Jaroslav Ha\u0161ek, Jaroslav Seifert, Franz Kafka, Max Brod and Egon Erwin Kisch featured their hometown in their works.<\/p>\n<p>Mozart, Beethoven, Dostoevskii, Rodin, Apollinaire, Tchaikovskii as well as the British Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II professed their beguilement by its attractiveness and architectural beauty and now also participants of our festivals could join this good society of prominent Golden Prague visitors\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So see you in our Old Golden City\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Before that, if you have few minutes, you are welcome to\u00a0Old Prague virtual sightseeing here \u2013 just click on a particular part of the map and enjoy!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kralovskacesta.cz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">http:\/\/www.kralovskacesta.cz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC TRANSPORT AROUND PRAGUE (information, fares, routes) \u2013 http:\/\/www.dpp.cz PRAGUE OFFICIAL TOURIST PORTAL www.praguewelcome.cz The CzechTourism agency \u2013 learn more about the Czech Republic and Prague Since the Middle Ages, Prague has been known as one of the most beautiful&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1648,"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions\/1648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accordion.cz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}