PRAGUE: A small town for hiking (continued, p.2) The next day we went to Old Town Square to go on a tour of Old Town. First, tell us a bit about the history of Prague. Initially, only lived in Prague Bohemians and Moravians. Then there were disagreements and conflicts about the one whose god is better. So, wait a minute ... These two peoples were both Christians. It seems I'm confused. We were told that the surest way to get rid of someone in the Czech Republic was considered to throw somebody out the window. In an instant, war broke out, after two Catholic priest and acolyte were thrown out of windows, but they are lucky, they survived because they landed in a pile of manure. Catholics call it a miracle, Protestants strongly doubted it, arguing that it's just horse manure. In general, came to power, King Charles IV. He was a great ruler. When it was built the Charles Bridge, which survived until our days. At the time, he became the first bridge, capable to withstand a large spill of the Vltava River. We proceed to 1938, when Prague was invaded by the Nazis. This happened a year before the Second World War began. Czechs are very long tolerated the Nazis until the war was, but only with the approach of Soviet troops, they were able to joint efforts to drive the Nazis. But did not the Czech army, and ordinary residents of Prague. In the end, they still helped the traitors, who previously served in the Red Army. They were Nazis, not yet realized that they would soon be defeated by the Soviet Union. They did not want to after they get into Soviet captivity, they were punished to the fullest extent, so they decided to ease their plight and to attack the Germans. Germans, this turn of events was very surprised, because the attackers wore the same form as the Germans. Chaos and confusion seized the Nazi army, and the Czechs skillfully took advantage, and drove the Germans the day before the city became the Soviet army. It is sad, but the Soviets attributed the liberation of Prague itself, and sentenced to 40 years in the heavy communist regime. During this period, Prague, run by a Communist government, and people had to live under the vigilant eye of the STB, the Czech version of the KGB. State Security officers can keep track of people who read their mail, to detain without cause, and generally do what they wanted. This life continued until 1989, when the Czechs finally freed and established democratic government, and did so quietly and peacefully, for which the events were called "velvet revolution". However, in the end it led to a velvet divorce, and Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Old Town Square Before the Germans left the city, they burned the town hall, but the old clock tower preserved and stands to this day. On one side of the tower mounted astronomical clock, which at the beginning of each hour is the whole idea. Figures, which represent human fears, start to dance, from small doors appear figures of the apostles, and the top appears figurine rooster. Astronomical Clock feature not only two arrows, but also images of the sun and moon. They revolve around the center of hours and show not only time but also the sign of the zodiac. What is under the dial, it shows the name of each weekday. I must say that everyone who was born in the Czech Republic, get another name that matches one of those days. Day name does not necessarily coincide with the day of birth, which means that a person may have two holidays - the day of birth and name. Despite the fact that all of you are treated to a beer on your birthday, you should treat all the beer on his birthday. The Czechs were so proud of his astronomical clock that did not want anyone else to build something similar. No, they are not thrown out the window maker hours, they just put out his eyes and tongue cut out. In retaliation, the creator of hours went into the tower and stopped the clock. So watch stood for nearly 100 years, until they were repaired. I do not know this happened because the mechanism of hours was very difficult, or simply those who were clever enough to fix them, well aware that, probably, and then they want to gouge out my eyes and pull out the language. Astronomical Clock Theatre, which premiered Mozart's "Don Giovanni" is on the other side of the Old Town Square, and the assembly hall of the University of Prague - just across the road. Architecture is striking in its diversity. Here is a range of architectural styles from Gothic to modern, there's even a building in the style of cubism. Also nearby is the Palace, which Kepler and Brahe (Johannes Kepler - German mathematician, astronomer and optician, Tycho Brahe - Danish astronomer, astrologer and alchemist, prim.perev.) Studied the motion of the planets. Circumstances surrounding the death Braga still raises many questions. Some believe he was poisoned by Kepler, who decided to arrogate to itself all the glory of discovery of the laws of planetary motion. On the road to the castle is a monument dedicated to these two scientists. We were told that such films as "Amadeus", "XXx" and "Eurotrip" filmed in Prague. It turned out that "Eurotrip" was filmed entirely in Prague, though, like, Prague was almost the only city in which the characters of the film from a screenplay and have not got. Start material: Completion of material:
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