Today we will go to Prague Castle to see if the Christmas Market has opened! We will visit St. Vitus Cathedral and the observation deck near the Castle.

Prague Castle ( Pražský hrad) is a castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The Castle was a seat of power for the kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept in a hidden room inside it. According to the Guinness Book of Records, Prague Castle is the largest ancient Castle in the world, occupying an area of almost 70,000 square meters (750,000 square feet), at about 570 meters (1,870 feet) in length and an average of about 130 meters (430 feet) wide. The Castle is among Prague's most visited tourist attractions, attracting over 1.8 million visitors annually.
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St. Vitus Cathedral is the largest and the most important temple in Prague. Apart from religious services, coronations of Czech kings and queens also took place here. The Cathedral is a place of burial of several patron saints, sovereigns, noblemen, and archbishops.
The Cathedral is the third church consecrated to the same saint on the same site. Around 925, Prince Wenceslas (Václav) founded a Romanesque rotunda here, which after 1060 was converted into a basilica with three naves and two steeples. The importance of the church grew significantly after establishing the Prague bishopric in 973 and founding the body of canons. This St. Vitus chapter later became an important cultural and administrative institution.
In 1344, Charles IV began the construction of a Gothic cathedral. Its first builders, Matthias of Arras and later Peter Parler, built the chancel with a ring of chapels, St. Wenceslas Chapel, the Golden Gate, and the lower part of the Great South Tower. It was already Peter Parler who started the construction of the South Tower. However, he did not complete it. In the 16th century, it was finished with a Renaissance view gallery and a helmet. Later in the 18th century, the older helmet was replaced by a new dome.
Unfortunately, in 1419 the construction of the Cathedral stopped because of the Hussite Wars. Despite the endeavors of some sovereigns to secure the continuation of the construction work, the Cathedral remained uncompleted for centuries. The facade of the Cathedral was provisionally closed; for example, the music choir was built.
It was not until the latter half of the 19th century that the Union for the Completion of the Cathedral began repairing the original part and completing the Cathedral in Neo-Gothic style. The church was solemnly consecrated in 1929.
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