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    <trip id="217" created="2009-09-08 11:27:13" creator_id="4079" creator_name="wallace" creator_status="1" default_for_user_id="" description="140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!140 Characters is way to much for a trip I wan't to plan! Come on! Be real!" marked_deleted="0" modified="2009-09-08 11:30:14.939841" modifier_id="4079" privacy="1" static_map_url="http://maps.google.com/staticmap?hl=en&amp;maptype=roadmap&amp;format=png&amp;markers=50.089750,14.398400,reda%7C50.084110,14.423770,redb%7C50.086400,14.411420,redc%7C50.091910,14.403779,redd&amp;key=ABCDABCD&amp;size=123123123x123123123&amp;path=rgb:0x0000ff,weight:5|50.089750,14.398400|50.084110,14.423770|50.086400,14.411420|50.091910,14.403779" status="0" sum_locations="4" sum_votes="0" title="Prag" triplocation_id="2994" />
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    <triplocations name="Prague Castle" description="Along with Charles Bridge and Josefov , Prague Castle (Pražský hrad, in Hradčany) is one of the city’s main attractions. Since 1918 it has been the official seat of the president of the republic.Prague Castle was founded in the late 9th century by the Přemyslids as a three-part wooden stronghold surrounded by an embankment. St Wenceslas had a Romanesque rotunda built in honour of St Vitus on the spot where the Wenceslas Chapel stands today.In addition to the prince, from 973 the bishop of the newly founded diocese of Prague resided in the castle. Under Břetislav I, in 1042, it was enclosed by a wall 2m/6.6ft thick; at the east and west ends, towers were built, and later on a gate was added on the south side. After 1135, Sobieslav I expanded the castle into an imperial palace in Romanesque style. The 30m/100ft  Black Tower served as prison. Work began on the central part of the former royal palace under Otokar II. After the end of the Hussite Wars, alterations were made under the Jagiellonian rulers and under King Vladislav (from 1471) and King Ludvík II (from 1516). In these phases the first Renaissance elements came into existence, combined with late Gothic. Both Ferdinand I (emperor from 1556), who brought artists from Italy, the Netherlands and Germany to Prague, and Rudolf II enriched the castle and its immediate surroundings with magnificent Renaissance buildings. A great fire in 1541 necessitated further renovations. In 1614 Emperor Matthias commissioned the first secular Baroque building in Prague, the free-standing gate-tower to the west. In the 18th century, at Maria Theresa’s behest, this tower was incorporated into the building that framed the newly laid out first courtyard. This alteration made Prague Castle into an architectural whole, a distinctive feature anchored in the cityscape of Prague. After the coup d’etat of 1918 and the liberation of 1945, Prague Castle was adapted for ceremonial and cultural purposes. " favorite="" full_name="Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic" googled_path="Czech-Republic/Prague/Prague-Castle" hidden="0" href="http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/12475/Czech-Republic/Prague/Prague-Castle" id="12475" inherited="0" is_poi="1" item_name="Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic" language="ENG" latitude="50.08975" longitude="14.3984" ltp_level="0" parents_name="Prague, Czech Republic" rating="5" recommended="" status_description="4" status_name="1" status_tags="0" status_teaser="2" teaser="Historic Splendor and the Most Beautiful Stained Glass Windows in Prague" teaser_or_description="&lt;b&gt;Historic Splendor and the Most Beautiful Stained Glass Windows in Prague.&lt;/b&gt; Along with Charles Bridge and Josefov , Prague Castle (Pražský hrad, in Hradčany) is one of the city’s main attractions. Since 1..." teaser_or_description_short="&lt;b&gt;Historic Splendor and the Most Beautiful Stained Glass Windows in Prague.&lt;/b&gt; Along with Charles Bridge and Josefov , Prague C..." type="13" type_id="13" type_name="sight" votes="21" zoom="16">
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    <triplocations name="Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí)" description="When Nové Město was founded, Charles IV had the square developed as a horse market; in 1848 it was given its present name. However the 750m/820yd-long and 60m/66yd-wide Wenceslas Square is more like a boulevard. It is the vibrant centre of modern Prague, surrounded by hotels rich in tradition such as the Art Nouveau  Evropa , by stores and shopping passages, restaurants and cafés, cinemas and cabaret venues. With the streets Na příkopé , Na Můstku, 28. října and Národní it forms the  Golden Cross, within which the city’s business and social life have developed most vigorously.Many key events in recent political history have taken place on Wenceslas Square (1969, self-immolation of Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc; 1988 and especially 1989, demonstrations against the regime; city history).  " favorite="" full_name="Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí), Prague, Czech Republic" googled_path="Czech-Republic/Prague/Wenceslas-Square-Vaclavske-namesti" hidden="0" href="http://www.tripwolf.com/en/guide/show/293135/Czech-Republic/Prague/Wenceslas-Square-Vaclavske-namesti" id="293135" inherited="0" is_poi="1" item_name="Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí), Prague, Czech Republic" language="ENG" latitude="50.08411" longitude="14.42377" ltp_level="0" parents_name="Prague, Czech Republic" rating="4" recommended="" status_description="4" status_name="1" status_tags="0" status_teaser="2" teaser="Centre of modern Prague" teaser_or_description="&lt;b&gt;Centre of modern Prague.&lt;/b&gt; When Nové Město was founded, Charles IV had the square developed as a horse market; in 1848 it was given its present name. However the 750m/820yd-long and 60m/66yd-wide Wencesla..." teaser_or_description_short="&lt;b&gt;Centre of modern Prague.&lt;/b&gt; When Nové Město was founded, Charles IV had the square developed as a horse market; in 1848 it wa..." type="13" type_id="13" type_name="sight" votes="10" zoom="16">
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    <triplocations name="Charle's Bridge" description="Charles Bridge is reserved for pedestrians; it links the two sides of the Vltava, Staré Město (Old Town) and Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter). From the bridge there is a wonderful view of the Vltava valley with its numerous bridges, of Shooters’ Island and Slav Island (Žofín), and of Staré Město and Malá Strana themselves with Prague Castle . Beneath the west piers lies
KampaIsland, which is separated from Malá Strana by the narrow Čertovka branch of the Vltava ( Prague’s Venice ).In summer, the bridge is populated by painters, musicians, and arts and crafts vendors. It rests on 16 piers and is 520m/570yd long and 10m/11yd wide. It was begun in 1357 under Charles IV by
J. Ottland completed in the early 15th century under Wenceslas IV by
Peter Parler. The massive bridge towers on both banks, as well as the bridge itself, once served defensive purposes. Flood disasters have often damaged the fabric of the bridge  – two arches had to be replaced in 1890 – yet have never caused it to collapse. In recent times, however, structural damage has been discovered. But although restoration work is planned for the coming years, the bridge will remain accessible. Part of the estimated cost of  £7.3 million/€11.25 million/US$15.2 million is to be raised through donations.Charles Bridge makes an enormous impact, largely because of its rich sculptural ornamentation. This statue promenade , which originated for the most part in the Baroque era, is one of Prague’s loveliest architectural achievements and that, combined with the strict Gothic architecture of the bridge, gives it a high degree of artistic appeal. In 1657 a bronze crucifix that had stood here since the 14th century was renovated; between 1706 and 1714, 26 statues were erected by famous artists (Matthias Bernhard BraunBraun, Matthias Bernhard&lt;/STICHWORT&gt;,
Johann Brokoff and his sons Michael Josef and Ferdinand Maximilian Brokoff, and other sculptors. In the mid-19th century these were followed by five further statues (by
Josef Max and Emanuel Max); in 1938 the stone group of SS Cyril and Methodius (by Karel Dvořák) was added. The sandstone figures have suffered greatly through the ravages of time and environmental impact; in the meantime almost all have been replaced by copies. The only marble statue is that of St Philip Benizi. The most valuable artistically is the chiselled sandstone figure of St Luitgard, a picture of mercy and grace: Christ leans down from the Cross to St Luitgard and allows her to kiss his wounds. The only statue cast in bronze is St John Nepomuk (in the middle of the bridge). It was cast in Nürnberg in 1683 from models by Matthias Rauchmüller and Johann Brokoff. Between the sixth and seventh piers of the bridge, a relief marks the spot from which St John Nepomuk was cast into the Vltava in 1393 on the orders of Wenceslas IV, because he had opposed the king in an ecclesiastical conflict. Canonized in 1729, he has been regarded since that time as Catholic Europe’s  bridge saint . The Crucifixion Group has a Hebrew inscription; in 1696 a Jew was sentenced by the regional tribunal to make this contribution as a punishment for blasphemy. 
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