Karlštejn Castle is a large Gothic castle founded 1348 AD by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor-elect and King of Bohemia. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as the Bohemian/Czech crown jewels, holy relics, and other royal treasures. Located about 30 km southwest of Prague above the village of the same name, it is one of the most famous and most frequently visited castles in the Czech Republic
The castle underwent several reconstructions: in late Gothic style after 1480, in Renaissance Style in the last quarter of the 16th century. In 1487 the Big tower was damaged by fire and during the 16th century there were several adaptations. During the Thirty Years’ War in 1619, the coronation jewels and the archive were brought to Prague, and in 1620 the castle was turned over to Ferdinand II,Holy Roman Emperor. After having been conquered in 1648 by Swedes, it fell in disrepair. Finally, a neo-Gothic reconstruction was carried out by Josef Mocker between 1887 and 1899, giving the castle its present look.
Born Wenceslas (1346 - 1378), Charles was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor.
His reign was characterised by a transformation in the nature of the Empire and is remembered as the Golden Age of Bohemia. He promulgated the Golden Bull of 1356 whereby the succession to the imperial title was laid down, which held for the next four centuries.
Charles made Prague the imperial capital and was a great builder in the city, which bears his name in many spots. Prague Castle and much of the cathedral of Saint Vitus by Peter Parler were completed under his patronage. Finally, it is from the reign of Charles that dates the first flowering of manuscript painting in Prague. In the present Czech Republic, he is still regarded asPater Patriae (father of the country).
Atarantados bañados en pólvora negra, vagabundos en calles sin indicaciones claras, dueños de la noche, amantes de la garana, buscando el elixir de la luz de la luna que se refleja en la botella de vino en el parque más intenso de la ciudad.
Albrecht von Wallenstein depicted as Mars, the god of war, riding the sky in a chariot pulled by four horses. Ceiling decoration in the main hall of the Wallenstein Palace.
Ancient mythology and symbolism at the time would only depict Mars’ chariot with three horses, four horses were reserved only for Helios, the God of sun.
The ceiling decoration is in the Main Hall of the Wallenstein Palace in Prague, currently the home of the Czech Senate.
“Under her childish gaze, a wolf that had been taken alive in the Bohemian forest crawled fawning to her feet.” Portrait illustration by William John Hennessy, for the book The Witch of Prague; A Fantastical Tale, published in 1901.
— Rainer Maria Rilke, The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke | Pablo Neruda (?) | Louise Glück, Vita Nova | Alberto Caeiro, The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro | Vladimir Nabokov, Mary | Etel Adnan, Jebu | Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary | Bangtan Sonyeondan (방탄소년단), 봄날 (Spring Day) | Artwork by Claude Monet
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