Vyšehrad

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Vyšehrad
Native name Baroque
Location of Vyšehrad in Czech Republic

Vyšehrad (also spelled Wyschehrad , German: Prager Hochburg, English: "upper castle") is a historic

Legend has it that Duke Krok founded Vyšehrad while looking for a safer seat than in Budeč. On a steep rock above the Vltava river, he ordered a forest to be cut down and a castle built there. Also according to legend, Prince Křesomysl imprisoned the knight Horymír at Vyšehrad because he damaged silver mines, and Horymír jumped with his horse Šemík over the walls and from Libuše's bath into the river.

When the

When Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV began to build the Prague Castle in its current dimensions in the early 14th century, the deteriorating Vyšehrad was abandoned as a royal seat. Later the whole complex was renewed by Charles IV and new fortifications, with two gates and a royal palace were built, while the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul awaited repair. At the beginning of the Hussite Wars, the Hussites conquered and ransacked Vyšehrad in 1420. The troops of King George of Poděbrady did the same in 1448. The castle was then abandoned and became ruined. It underwent a renovation in the 17th century, when the Habsburg monarchy took over the Czech lands after the Thirty Years' War and remodeled it in 1654 as a Baroque fortress, turning it into a training center for the Austrian Army, and later incorporating it into the Baroque city walls.

The present form of Vyšehrad as a fortified residence, with powerful brick ramparts, bastions, and the Tábor and Leopold gates, is a result of Baroque remodeling. The Cihelná brána (Brick gate) is an Empire-style structure, dating from 1841. The main part of the Špička Gate, parts of the Romanesque bridge, and the ruined Gothic lookout tower known as Libušina lázeň (Libuše's Bath) are the only fragments that have been preserved from the

By the twenty-first century, Vyšehrad has become a public park that is a popular site for recreation and celebrations. For example, it is a popular place for Czechs to celebrate New Year's Eve.^[3]

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  Front of the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul
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  Vyšehrad Cemetery
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  Devil's Column
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  Oldest Rotunda of St. Martin from 11th century
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  Libuše's bath
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  Brick Gate at Vyšehrad

Statues

• Josef Václav Myslbek's statues south of the church, originally from Palacký Bridge
  • Libuše and Přemysl – mythical Czech rulers settled in the 8th century at Vyšehrad
  • Ctirad and Šárka – the characters of the Maidens' War, when women after the death of Libuše built the castle Děvín lying on the opposite hill of the Vyšehrad
  • Lumír and Píseň – Lumír was a legendary famous singer who refused to sing celebration song after the Maidens' War ended to the winning men and instead of it sang about the famous Vyšehrad
  • Záboj and Slavoj – leaders of the rebellion against invasion of the German troops of Charlemagne, allegedly led the victorious battle in 805
• Statue of Mikuláš Karlach
  , Karlach's sets
• Statue of Saint Wenceslas by Johann Georg Bendl, northwest bastion
• Bust of Václav Štulc, near Nové proboštství building

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  Libuše and Přemysl
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  Ctirad and Šárka
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  Lumír and Píseň
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  Záboj and Slavoj
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  Mikuláš Karlach

See also

• Battle of Vyšehrad
• Libuše
• Má vlast (symphonic poem by Bedřich Smetana including a movement Vyšehrad)
• Church of Our Lady on the Lawn

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vyšehrad.

• Official Page
• Vysehrad Photogallery
• Vyšehrad: Tourist Attractions in Czech Republic