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The Tumultuous History of Prague’s Shrine of the Infant Jesus
In the first episode of our series Landmark Prague Stories, we visit the Church of Our Lady Victorious in the Lesser Quarter with its famous statue of the Infant Jesus.
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Lidice: a Czech tragedy’s enduring legacy, as marked in Mexico and embodied in girls’ names
June 10 marks the anniversary of the Lidice massacre, ordered by Hitler in retaliation for the assassination of Nazi governor Reinhard Heydrich by Czechoslovak…
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Vít Benešovský– The YouTuber who teaches foreigners Czech
With a strong economy and cities that few can rival in their beauty, the Czech Republic has become an increasingly popular country for foreigners from across the world…
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Mexican animator and FAMU grad José García Moreno on surrealism, Švankmajer and Czech humour
Mexican animator José García Moreno studied at Prague’s famous film school FAMU and apprenticed at the animation studio Bratři v triku in the final years of communist…