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Košice – the most beautiful city in Slovakia and European Capital of Culture in 2013

Košice – the most beautiful city in Slovakia and European Capital of Culture in 2013

Košice is the most beautiful city in Slovakia, a metropolis of Eastern Slovakia and the second largest city in Slovakia. Together with the French city of Marseille, it is an European Capital of Culture in 2013. The once-forgotten town somewhere in the far eastern border of the EU is becoming a European city. Jakab’s Palace, […]

Updated: September 5, 2020 | By | More

Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) – the most romantic and famous part of Prague Castle | Czech Republic

Zlatá ulička (Golden Lane) – the most romantic and famous part of Prague Castle | Czech Republic

Golden Lane (or Zlatá ulička in Czech) was created after the construction of the northern ramparts of the Prague Castle, in the 16th century. The area of northern moat was used to build decent homes, which are now the last remains of the small-scale architecture from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Prague Castle. […]

Updated: June 3, 2020 | By | 1 More

The town of Telč – well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque houses in the Czech Republic

The town of Telč – well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque houses in the Czech Republic

The territory of Telč was, according to archaeological excavations, inhabited already from ancient times. Exact time when the settlement was founded is not clear. Local legend says that it happened after the victory of the Moravian Duke Otto II. over the Czech Duke Břetislav in 1099. Impressed by this event, the victorious monarch founded the […]

Updated: May 16, 2020 | By | More


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