Politics
Charles IV
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Created here
Carolinum
The medieval university headquarters became a battleground over who controlled learning in Bohemia. The 1409 Kutná Hora Decree gave the Czech university nation dominant voting power, prompting many foreign masters and students to leave Prague and helping transform the university into a centre of Hussite politics.
Commemorated here
Charles Bridge
A medieval stone arch bridge crossing the Vltava river in Prague.
Commemorated here
Charles Square
One of the largest squares in the world, originally founded in 1348 by Charles IV.
Created here
Church of St. Katherine of Alexandria
Charles founded the church in gratitude for his victory at San Felice on St. Catherine's Day.
Created here
Church of St. Stephen in the New Town
Charles founded St. Stephen's in 1351 as one of the principal parish churches of his new royal district.
Created here
Church of the Assumption and St. Charlemagne at Karlov
Charles founded the church as part of his plan to present Prague as an imperial and sacred capital.
Created here
Emmaus Monastery
A historic Benedictine abbey with Gothic and Baroque architecture.
Lived here
House at the Stone Bell
The future emperor probably stayed in his mother's palace after returning from France in 1333.
Burial place
St. Vitus Cathedral
The emperor who dedicated the Bohemian crown to Saint Wenceslas is buried in the cathedral’s royal crypt.
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