Since
the past, thanks to its position inside the heart
of Europe, Prague has been a lively trading center.At
the beginning of X Century the city was yet blooming:
in the old city there was a big open-air market.The
Premyslidi that lived here in the Castel e Kysehrad
governed their numerous feuds.
The events about this dinasty was often sanguinary.In
935, Prince Venceslao was killed by his brother
Boleslao.
As
a consequence of the above, Venceslao has been
canonized and became the Saint Patron of Bohemia.uring
the Middle Ages Prague became a great city, bigger
than Paris or London, thanks to Carlo IV emperor
of Roman Empire.
Carlo established many institutions
and created in PRague the first University of middle
Europa and the first Czeck Rector was Jan Hus,
who was killed for hersy.This was the reason about
the hussites wars.
In 1434 during the battle of Lipany, tha Taboriti
were defeated.
During XVU Century the Asburg took the power and
governed for 400 years. The great public monuments,
the national museum the national theatre, have
been built in this period.
Untill
1918 Prague has been subjugated by strangers,
after this date the city became the capital
of an indipendent republic.
After the second mondial war, the german
took possession of the Country.
After 40 years of communism, and the "Velvet
revolution" in 1989, Prague is rising
again.
Rodolf II was one of the most enlightened
ruler fond of arts and sciences , and he
spread the Renaissance.
After his death the war of 30 years broke
out.This war was the cause of a serious decrease.
This period ended only in XVIII Century,
during whick many baroque structures have
been built.
