The equestrian statue of Saint George (Czech: Socha svatého Jiří) is installed at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. The bronze sculpture was created...
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Prague Castle Obelisk Socha svatého Jiří (Statue of Saint George) History of early modern period domes Prague Castle skeleton Notes "Guinness Book of...
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Borovský, Prague Statue of Mikuláš Karlach Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Prague Statue of Saint George, Prague Castle Statue of Saint Joseph, Charles...
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Vyšehrad (redirect from Statue of Mikuláš Karlach)
English: "upper castle") is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River...
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of the old Slavic, which had gone into disuse in many places for want of priests. He also founded a rotunda consecrated to St. Vitus at Prague Castle...
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St. Vitus Cathedral (redirect from Saint Vitus Cathedral, Prague)
metropolitan cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Until 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly...
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In a legend, Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers...
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Masaryk Statue of Saint George Vítězslav Hálek Memorial Winged Lion Memorial Museums in Prague Antonín Dvořák Museum Bedřich Smetana Museum City of Prague Museum...
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Pražského hradu) is one of four at Prague Castle, in Prague, Czech Republic. It features an obelisk and statue of Saint George. Czech Republic portal Media...
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establishing that Teresa of Ávila ever owned the famous Infant Jesus of Prague statue, according to tradition, such a statue is said to have been in her...
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descendant of Saint Ludmilla is Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna. St. George's Basilica, Prague House of Přemysl Bohemia Statue of Saint Ludmila...
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at Vítkov Hill Statue of Jaroslav Hašek in Žižkov Statue of Saint George in Prague Castle Poděbrady Equestrian monument of George of Podebrady by Bohuslav...
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Nicholas Winton (redirect from Nicholas George Wertheim)
Nazis occupied the country. He never set foot in the Prague main railway station, although a statue of him is erected there. He later wrote that Chadwick...
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some of his statues can be seen at the National Gallery in the St. George Convent in the Prague Castle. The wooden pulpit (since destroyed) of the St...
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Jan Žižka (category People in the Battle of Grunwald)
of Sigismund abandoned the siege. On August 22 the Taborites left Prague and returned to Tábor. Though Sigismund had retired from Prague, the castles...
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Tomáš Masaryk (category Members of the Austrian House of Deputies (1891–1897))
of Mexico City. In 1999 the city of Prague donated a statue of Masaryk to Mexico City, one of the two originals made when the statue for the Prague Castle...
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Synagogue in Prague, after 1270 Zvíkov Castle in Bohemia, before 1270 Písek Stone Bridge, 1263–1265 Chapel at Bezděz Castle, before 1283 Chapter Hall of Vyšší...
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Louis' Wing in Prague Castle built in 1503–1509 Portal in Moravská Třebová Castle from 1492 Portal of St. George's Church in Prague Castle, around 1510...
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Crown (redirect from Types of crowns)
Klosterneuburg Monastery Crown of Saint Wenceslas, 1346 (Lands of the Bohemian Crown), St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague Crown of the Crowned Virgin of the Kings (Corona...
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Sainte-Chapelle (redirect from Saint Chapelle)
important copies at Karlštejn Castle near Prague (c. 1360), the Hofburgkapelle in Vienna (consecrated 1449), Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew...
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Tábor (redirect from History of Tábor)
Tábor is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north of České Budějovice and 70 km (43 mi) south of Prague. It lies on the river Lužnice. Tábor is located...
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Francis Xavier (redirect from Saint Francis Xavier)
miracles. The Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, features a statue of Francis Xavier. In front of Oita Station of Oita City, in Oita Prefecture (previously...
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altarpiece with a statue of St Valentine and other additions, and it survived in this form until the Second World War. During the war the statues were removed...
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Castle, Rheinfelden Castle, and the Alter Hof in Munich. In 1349, Charles IV took the Imperial Regalia to the Karlstein Castle near Prague, which he had just...
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of Assisi (sometimes spelled Clara, Clair or Claire; Italian: Chiara d'Assisi), is an Italian saint who was one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi...
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Alphonse Mucha (category Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni)
publications in Prague. In 1886, he received a notable commission for a painting of the Czech patron saints Cyril and Methodius, from a group of Czech emigrants...
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(Staroměstské náměstí) – Prague Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) – Prague Jan Palach Square (Náměstí Jana Palacha) – Prague In Copenhagen: The City...
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(French: Saint-Pierre Port) is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey...
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Lucia of Syracuse (283–304 AD), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) (and better known as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during...
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St. Martin's Day (redirect from Feast of Saint Martin)
Saint Martin so much.) A feast is celebrated in the village of Baħrija on the outskirts of Rabat, including a procession led by the statue of Saint Martin...
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