Lining Wenceslas Square

A Kafkaesque

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July 30th 2009
Prague is probably too beautiful for its own good. Every corner seems to provide a more picturesque vista than the last, a veritable architectural history from Gothic to Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau and…Cubist? And this sweep obviously includes more contemporary design (e.g. the Dancing Building). The city’s beauty ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more