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Radio Prague - Subject History
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information about historical events in the Czech Republic and important figures in Czech history
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The long shadow of Emperor Franz Joseph
August 18 marked the 130th anniversary of birth of one of the most distinct
figures of the old Austrian empire, Emperor Franz Joseph I. He ruled his
peoples for nearly seven decades, and although Czechs today don’t seem to
identify with this particular period in their history, the legacy of the
‘aged monarch’, as he was semi-officially referred to towards the end
of his life, is still apparent in most of his former empire today.
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Science Journal 8.29.2010
There’s a hole in the middle of Prague, and we want you to know what’s
in it. The early 1980s metro station at Národní třída is the scene of a
fascinating archaeological dig that we’ll be visiting in this month’s
Science Journal.
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The Café Louvre: a surviving jewel from Prague’s café heyday
Café society was a reality in Prague and many other Czech towns and cities during a golden era before the First World War and between the wars. There were hundreds of such cafés with the latest addition often trying to outdo its predecessors in luxury and splendour. This edition of Prague Spotlight centres on one of the most famous of these cafés, the Café Louvre. It is one of the few great cafés which have survived the ravages of time and has been restored to some of its original grandeur.
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Czech literary treasures in London
Not many of the thousands of passengers arriving every day at London’s
busy St Pancras Station are aware that they are passing just a few dozen
metres away from one of the largest and most diverse collections of Czech
books outside the Czech Republic. Tucked in beside the station is the huge,
but surprisingly inconspicuous complex of the British Library. In this
week’s Czech Books, David Vaughan shows us some of the highlights of the
library’s rich Czech collection.
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The 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia through the eyes of Soviet troops
August 21 marks the anniversary of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by
the Soviet Union and other communist countries. The occupation crushed an
attempt to reform the communist regime, and drove the country into two
decades of hard-line rule. What that all meant to the people of
Czechoslovakia has been looked at many times. In our special programme
today, we look at August 1968 from another perspective: that of the
occupiers.
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