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St Agnes of Bohemia Where to See
Sister of Wenceslas I, this
devout woman built a Romanesque Prague
convent for the order Remains of Prague’s history can
of the Poor Clares (the be seen in the crypt of St Vitus’s
female counterparts of Cathedral (see pp102–105), and the
the Franciscans) (see Old Royal Palace (see pp106–107).
pp94–5). She was not
canonized until 1989.

Vratislav II
The Black The Vyšehrad
Tower was the Codex, an illumi-
exit to Bohemia’s nated selection St George’s Basilica and Convent
second town, from the gos- The vaulting in the crypt dates from the
Kutná Hora pels, was made 12th century (see pp100–101).
(see p170). to mark Vratislav’s
coronation in 1061.
Little Quarter Square

St Martin’s Rotunda
This well-preserved building is in
Vyšehrad (see p46).

Přemysl Otakar II
The last great
Přemyslid king
was killed in battle
after carving out
Little Quarter Coat of Arms a large central
Vladislav II’s portrait was European empire.
incorporated into this 16th-
century miniature painting.

Romanesque stone head
from Judith Bridge Tower
1233 Founding 1257 Little Quarter
of St Agnes’s receives town status
1182 Romanesque Convent
construction of Prague 1258–68 Strahov Monastery
Castle completed rebuilt in Gothic style after fire
1150 1200 1250
1212 Přemysl Otakar I
receives the Sicilian 1278 Přemysl Otakar II
1172 Judith Bridge built Golden Bull, confirming dies at Marchfeld
(see pp136–9) the sovereignty of
Bohemian kings Sicilian Golden Bull

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