Originally Posted by azj
I'm planning on going to Prague just after Thanksgiving... and I wanted to hear from some folks that have been to Prague. Tell my WHY to go to Prague. I've done some reading and a little research and don't really know about any MUST sees like in London, Paris or Rome. So... WHY PRAGUE?....
I agree to all postings in this thread. I was there many years ago, and the only modern building in city center was a hotel (Interconti?!?).
Prague is like the great European cities used to be. Lots of (European) history and culture.
The PRAGER FENSTERSTURZ ignited the 30 Years War (in most of Europe)
Prager Fenstersturz, protest action imperial prohibition of a meeting on the Hradschin, on 23.5.1618 two kaiserl. Governors from the window in the 20 m castle ditch lain more deeply were thrown; Signal for the boehmischen rebellion, which released the 30jaehrigen war.
BTW, the jewish quarter is "untouched", the nazis wanted to preserve it to show later generations how "the undervolk" was living.
Read here:
.... The Hebrew books left behind by an exterminated people would have been placed in libraries or museums in order for people from all over the world to come and study the decadent nature of the Jewish people.
A foretaste of their cynic ideas was given by the Nazis in Prague, where the preparations for the "museum of an extinct race" were continuing almost throughout the entire war.....
http://home.t-online.de/home/RIJONUE/hebook01.htm