One of the landmarks of Prague’s Vinohrady District is the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord. The most important sacred building of the 20th century in the Czech Republic, which was built less than 100 years ago, is inspired by Noah’s Ark and has royal symbolism. The church stands on Jiří z …| Our Beautiful Prague
The end of World War II meant not only freedom for Czechoslovakia but also a relatively rapid road to unfreedom. At the end of this road was the communist putsch on February 25, 1948 and the ensuing 41 long years of totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia was established on October 28, 1918, after the collapse of …| Our Beautiful Prague
The first state formation on the territory of today’s Czech Republic, which we have at least some concrete and verified information about, was the Samo Empire, whose origins date back to the year 623. Czech history is sparse for words about who lived, hunted, grew crops, were born and died “with us” before this era. …| Our Beautiful Prague
The well-known quote “I know that I know nothing.” is attributed to the philosopher Socrates. We don’t know if he actually said it, but we know one thing for sure: Socrates did not know Prague because he died about a thousand years before it was founded. However, for Prague, his quote applies without fail. One …| Our Beautiful Prague
Tiny, fragile, fluffy sweetness. This, which is the color of freshly fallen powder, is known everywhere worldwide. It’s known as meringue after its place of origin. The Czech language has a poetic name for it – pusinka. (“Pusinka” is a diminutive of the word “pusa”, meaning mouth. In this diminutive version, it is an …| Our Beautiful Prague
The future factory manufacturer Josef Volman was born in 1883 into the family of the owner of a workshop to produce agricultural machinery. At the age of eighteen, he set out on his first trip to America, returning there in 1907 for a three-year stay to learn American entrepreneurship and the art of management. He …| Our Beautiful Prague
Even seemingly simple and self-evident things had to first occur to someone. We’ll never know who the first prehistoric man was who was the first to put a piece of meat on a hot stone in a cave somewhere – but we do know that it was several hundred thousand years ago and that is …| Our Beautiful Prague