Charles Bridge was falling down until an architect made a deal Making a large building or a bridge requires a lot of complex math and engineering. But back in the Middle Ages…
Some see a broken stone pillar as evidence that a demon named Zardan visited Prague The history of Vyšehrad goes back to the very foundation of Prague, and the walled fortress-like area…
A wealthy farmer’s success was attributed to a deal with the Devil These days, the town of Trutnov in the Krkonoše mountains in the northeast of Bohemia is known for its annual music…
A small area at the edge of the Czech Republic saw hundreds executed for witchcraft The witch hunting craze hit the Moravia-Silesia region, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, harder…
The Four of Pentacles in The Tarot of Prague features details from three Prague buildings from different eras, but that speak to us across time. The House at St. Luke (U sv.…
The Černín Palace in Prague has a long and unsettling history. What is now the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the 1660’s up to 1851 belonged to the noble Černín family,…
