Procházky v cizím jazyce 19.9.2024

V rámci předmětu Tvorba procházek v cizím jazyce studenti 2.ročníku připravili procházky po Praze v anglickém jazyce. Saint Ludmila, to whom the basilica is dedicated, was the grandmother of Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia (of ‘Good King Wenceslas’ fame). She it was who brought up the future ruler, instructing him in language and literature and of course the principles of good government. Wenceslas’s mother Drahomíra, uneasy about his grandmother’s influence on the boy, had Ludmila strangled with her own veil. She became the first Christian martyr of Bohemia, and her remains were moved in the 12th century to St George’s chapel. Josef Mocker (1835-99) was the architect who, more than any other, embodied the spirit of the Gothic Revival in Bohemia. His vast legacy includes major additions to at least twenty existing buildings, among them St Vitus’s Cathedral, the cathedral church at Vyšehrad, Karlštejn Castle, and Charles University.