The capital of the Czech Republic is one of the most popular cities among tourists, not only in the European Union, but also on a global scale. The medieval surroundings of Prague streets, old castles and churches, cozy restaurants with hundreds of beers, cute souvenir shops, the famous bridges over the Vltava - all this constantly flashes in the best guidebooks and in enthusiastic memories of travelers. But not only the center is of interest here. The suburbs of Prague are unique and distinctive in their own way, and therefore they are rightfully included in the excursion route of the absolute majority of guests of the Czech capital.
UNESCO recommends
The Central Bohemian Region, in the center of which Prague is located, is rich in cultural and architectural monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List:
- The town of Kutná Hora, 60 km east of the capital, was founded in the 13th century. Once there was a center for the extraction of silver, but today tourists admire the wonderfully preserved medieval sights in this suburb of Prague. In the late Gothic style, the Cathedral of St. Barbara was built in the XIV century - the second largest in the country. The Church of All Saints in Sedlec is decorated with human skulls and even the interior items of the church are made from the bones of residents who were once buried in the local cemetery. As a token of gratitude to heaven for ending the epidemic, at the beginning of the 18th century, a Plague Column was erected in the Prague suburb of Kutná Hora in the Baroque style.
- Prague is less than 30 km away from Karlštejn, where a magnificent Gothic castle was built by Emperor Charles IV in the 14th century. It rises on a seventy-meter cliff, and royal relics were kept in its Big Tower for several centuries.
- Benesov dates back to the first settlement of the 11th century. The main attraction of this suburb of Prague is the 13th century Konopiste Castle. Today it houses a unique collection of art and hunting weapons from the 16th-18th centuries. Some of the weapons belonged to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who collected a rich collection of hunting trophies in the castle - more than four thousand worthy copies.
- The first mention of the Křivoklát castle in the Rakovnik district dates back to 1100, but historians tend to argue that in its present form it was built two centuries later. Be that as it may, the residence of the Czech princes today is a popular place of pilgrimage for tourists from all over the world.
