Charles IV Projects in Prague
Prague is a mixture of modern shops and ancient architecture, Gothic spires and Baroque facades. Absolutely fantastic place for leisure, to explore architecture, go shopping, taste European cousin, enjoy chilled Czech beer and see beautiful girls.Moreover Prague is the seat of the top-level legislative, administrative and political bodies of the country - the parliament, government, and president; and the most important social, cultural and educational institutions reside here. The city is the entrance gate to the Czech Republic.
Prague became as remarkable place and the capital of Bohemian kingdom during ruling of Charles IV, who choose Prague as his living place and so. He was a great town planner and enlarged city and designed Prague hotels and hostels and use a lot of money by building Prague New Town. Soon Prague was bigger town than contemporary Paris or London. In 1348 he also founded university that is nowadays called as Charles University (Universitas Carolina) of Prague. Charles University was first university in Central Europe and it was created at the same model that was University of Sorbonne. He wanted to create a new educational centre in Prague and also raise the importance of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Charles initiated also numerous of other building projects in Prague and Czech lands. He lived a time of gothic architecture so he had a lot of fine gothic building built all over the Prague. Clean simple lines and solid structure characterize gothic architecture. He restored Prague Castle and Vyšehrad and many of churches. He also builds a very famous stone bridge over Vltava River in the same place where was earlier the Old Judith Bridge. At today thousands of tourist like to walk over Charles Bridge. On the right bank of Vltava Charles build the Old Town Bridge Tower to guard important bridge.
For the safeguard of his crown jewels and other treasures he founded Karlštejn Castle near Prague. Building project started in 1348 and ended in 1357. Numerous artists made all decorations inside castle. Then he had build the Prague"s "Hunger Wall" that is said to be first project in the World which meaning was create employment for poor and starving mob. Parts of the "Hunger Wall" stood still in Petrin Hill.
In order to see all this with your own eyes, you should go to Prague. Your stay in the capital city of Czech Republic - Prague can be more enjoyable than you have ever experienced if you find appropriate Prague hotel or some other accommodation. Since the Velvet Revolution in late 1989 and the opening up of its borders, the Czech Republic - and Prague in particular - has seen an enormous explosion in tourism resulting in major building and renovation programs to accommodate the influx of leisure and business visitors.
With its luxurious 5-star hotels, one-room apartments in private houses, country houses and converted castles, budget accommodation and hotels, Prague can now begin to rank itself as one of the best cities for people to visit with accommodation available to suit a wide variety of tastes and budgets. With the great increase in the number of rooms available, there is now Prague accommodation to be had at any time of the year - even at the last minute (although, as always, it is advisable to book in advance).