Prague (Praha) History

Citadel On A Hill

Prague might not be the “mother of cities,” as one nickname claims, but it certainly has been around long enough. The Celts settled the Vltava River basin as early as 200BCE, but legend has it that ...more

Get Your Defenestrate-on

The HRE joined the über-powerful Hapsburg empire in 1526 despite Prague's Protestantism not jiving with the Catholicism of the new rulers. This did not present a problem until 1618, when Prague's electors ...more

Mightier Than The Sword

Czech attempts to shake off Hapsburg rule began before the 20th century, but they remained part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, when A-H's big loss in WWI led to the creation of the Republic of Czechoslovakia ...more

The City Today

Prague was founded as a literal city on a hill, its imposing castle overlooking the Vltava River from the high West bank. Today Prague spreads over nine hills in the Bohemian Basin, with the Vltava coursing ...more

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