The Capital of Czech Republic is ready to give tourists a multitude of attractions. This article focuses on only one of them – the castle complex, Vysehrad in Prague. An inexperienced traveler may think that this is just a fortress in the defense walls of the city. But really Vysehrad is an ancient center of Prague. According to legend, it was founded by the Prince of the CROC in the tenth century. What they say about historians? On the other side of the Vltava river stands the Prague Castle. Slavs often practiced a system of dual fortifications. Suffice it to recall the Vyshgorod Kiev or Novgorod Rurik Settlement and the stronghold. Two of the Kremlin seemed to support each other and do not allow a potential enemy to occupy the strategic heights. Thus, Vysehrad is one of the first settlements on the Vltava river, the nucleus from which later was formed in Prague. So this castle complex is included in the list of must see in the Czech capital.
The castle has entered in the city limits. So you can reach it by local transport, including the metro. If you decide to use the subway, the need to go to the station Vysehrad. Go to the castle and several tram routes. Choose any: 6-th or 7-th, 18-th or 24-th, 53-rd and 55-th. Need to go to the Ostrcilovo namesti stop. Vysehrad in Prague on the map of the city is located South from the city center. If you visited the Charles bridge and the surrounding sights, and the time is not later than take tram No. 3 (stop on the “Street Vodickova”) and follow directions "Nádraží Branik” to stop the ‘Viton”. The trip will take only eight minutes. Next, you pass under the railway bridge and carry straight on until you see the sign "vyšehrad". Note: the castle is located on a hill, so that will have to overcome a lot of steps.
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As already mentioned, two towns on the banks of the Vltava river originated in the X century. From Visegrad legendary Princess Libuse, the daughter of KROK, predicted the fame and prosperity of Prague. In the XI century, the fortress was flourishing. Vratislav II, Przemyslowych in 1070 founded the Chapter, reporting directly to the Pope. This Czech Prince was laid Romanesque Basilica of saints Peter and Paul and the chapel of St. Martin. Gradually, the settlement was turned into the Kremlin, the Royal castle vyšehrad. It worked mint. Then came the Prague Castle. His once ally was abandoned. But in the XIV century fortune again smiled at Vyšehrad. Charles IV, descendant of přemyslid in 1348 he built new fortifications, and the place of a Romanesque Basilica was erected a beautiful and majestic Gothic Church. He also joined the New Bridge, the castle, Prague castle. In the Cathedral of Peter and Paul were kept the relics of the Czech Royal family – the shoes of the bark and Suma founder of the dynasty of Premysl the Ploughman. And each new ruler before his inauguration was to worship these symbols of the proximity of their ancestor to the common people.
But after the death of Charles the Fourth, Prague Castle again took revenge. Kings, and with them the whole court, moved to the other side of the Vltava river. Once brilliant Palace gradually turned into a military fortress. Vyšehrad castle was seriously damaged during the Hussite wars (circa 1420). In the XVII century the castle was rebuilt according to the canons of military fashion of the time. Vyšehrad has got strong walls of brick and Baroque towers. There was an Arsenal and powder magazine. But in 1866 the fortress was closed. On this hill it was decided to open the National cemetery, where the last rest of an outstanding Czech writers, composers and scientists. And in 1893 was built the Pantheon and Slavin. Within its walls lie more than fifty celebrities.
About this place tourists leave a lot of rave reviews. But they are all emotional and uninformative. All agree that the city should take panoramic pictures of Prague. Say, on the way to the castle, there are several viewing platforms, decorated with old lanterns and balusters. But the more famous vyšehrad in Prague? What to see in it? Let us understand in order.
Going up the hill, notice the sculpture, depicting St. Sebastian. The path will lead you to the gate in the wall. The entrance fee: 30 CZK for an adult. Students enjoy a 50% discount, while children under 15 can pass freely. Good to come here in the night of Ivan Kupala. They say that only then can we find the entrance to the treasure trove lurking in the bowels of the hill. But the treasure can see only the righteous.
You will be right to look at her and still not see it. But in the fourteenth century, when on the outskirts of the castle with the name Vysehrad in Prague, the architects built the Church of the beheading of John the Baptist, they did not think to hide anything. The blame lies with the late military architects. This they decided that the Church is "Achilles heel” in the fortifications of the fortress. Military strategiststried to hide it in thick walls with loopholes. They redid the facade, removed the nave and the roof. In this truly unique sacral building was only one Church interior. To enter the temple, you can only side of the fortress.
What neither tell tales about this castle! Will show you the watchtower, called "Bath of Libuse”. Say, cruel Princess bathed in the presence of men, and then dumped poor off the cliff. And in the Park of decosta you will see is split into three parts stone pillar. Legend has it that before he was a fragment of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome. Damn Sardan made a bet with the local priest (soul) that can make a pole out of the Vatican before pop will celebrate mass. Whether the cleric said prayers patter, whether in the way of the devil that got in the way, but he was too late. In a rage, he threw the pole on the roof of the Cathedral and broke it. And in the Park these three pieces were transferred already in the 18th century. And one more legend: Vysehrad in Prague keeps the relics of St. Valentine, the patron of all lovers.
The Romanesque Church built here in 1080, unfortunately, has not survived. In the period when Vysehrad in Prague began to play a leading role, it was rebuilt according to the then fashionable Gothic style. Then, when the Hussite wars devastated the castle, the Cathedral had become dilapidated. To restore it was decided in 1887, in the Gothic revival style. It was in this Church with two high towers in a stone sarcophagus and relics of Saint Valentine. Scientists who have studied bones, came to the conclusion that they do not belong to the Roman soldier, the medieval representative of the genus přemyslid. Around the Cathedral and the cemetery of Czech celebrities. Here lie the remains of čapek, Smetana, Dvorak and others. You should also visit the Pantheon “Slavin”, the ancient Romanesque rotunda of St. Martin and the Baroque chapel of the virgin Mary.
In the medieval vyšehrad reviews suggest to visit Goticky sklep (Gothic cellar). It's worth the extra thirty crowns. This Museum tells the history of vyšehrad. In the casemates under the fortress of independent tourists is not allowed, but every hour on the stone mazes are sent wandering organized tours. Lovers of the avant-garde can look at the Gallery of modern art. And to relax from walking through the museums and easy to digest information best in the Park of Vysehrad. It is equipped with benches, small fountains, statues. In the Park you should pay attention to the ruins of the chapel of St. Lawrence, destroyed by the Hussites.
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