History

He knew the difference between nationalism and patriotism and was considered the anti-Lenin of Central Europe by Amedeo Gasparini   Tomáš G. Masaryk was one of the most important statesmen of the first half of the twentieth century. He has a remarkable story of...

In early 1989, the socialist leader launched an international petition in favour of the release of the man who, a few months later, would become the hero of the Velvet Revolution After the repression of Prague Spring, many were purged from the structures of the...

20 years ago The Holy Trinity Column of Olomouc was inscribed on the UNESCO List Exactly twenty years ago, on 2 December 2000, one of the most famous and significant monuments of Olomouc, the Baroque Holy Trinity Column, located in the main square of...

50 years ago The writer Johannes Urzidil died in Rome The writer and art historian Johannes Urzidil, was born in Prague on February 3, 1896, to a Czech-German father and a Jewish mother. In Prague, he studied at the German University, and then devoted...

Last year marked the seventieth anniversary of Akce K, the operation aimed at the illegal and violent mass liquidation of monasteries and Christian orders in a country that had just fallen into the abyss of totalitarianism Planned a year before its execution – in...

150 years ago The frightening storm that devastated the Bohemian Forest It was October 26, 1870 when a windstorm of vast proportions and unprecedented force struck with all its power on the woods of the Bohemian Forest (Šumava), the mountain range located on the...

300 years ago The conclusion of the works of Vila Amerika The Michnův letohrádek baroque building, also known as “Vila Amerika”, located in the New Town, was probably the first work in Prague by the Baroque architect Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer. The building was constructed...

20 years ago Considered by many to be the most extraordinary long-distance runner of all time, for which he was nicknamed the “human locomotive”, Emil Zátopek was born in Kopřivnice, in the Nový Jičín district, on September 19, 1922. The first Olympic medals were...

A Bohemian breed with six centuries of history, having also Italian blood in its vein In Kladruby nad Labem, 25 km from Pardubice, are the oldest stables in the world, a place surrounded by meadows, pastures, lanes and the remains of the ancient riparian...

A passionate controversy on the ‘68 Praguian events between two masters of Czech history “It was a life that truly resembled to a work of art”. This is the posthumous eulogy dedicated by Milan Kundera to the only Czech who reached the same heights...