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5 unusual facts about St. Vitus Cathedral


Karel Hašler

Among his most successful film roles were the lawyer and deputy Uher in the drama film Batalion (The Battalion, 1927) by Přemysl Pražský, and the organist in Varhaník u sv. Víta (Organist at St. Vitus Cathedral, 1929) by Martin Frič.

Kingdom of Bohemia

Destroyed were more than one quarter of Prague and heavy damage suffered also the St. Vitus Cathedral.

St. Vitus Cathedral

This was Peter Parler, at that time only 23-years old and son of the architect of the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Vimperk

The forests in the west and south from the Boubín Mountains were owned from 10th century by the Saint Vitus Church canonry of Prague (Note: This was the ancient canonry of Prague. St. Vitus Cathedral did not yet exist at this time.) Territorial disputes between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Duchy of Bavaria in the 11th century resulted in the loss of much of the local population.

Záviš of Zápy

His compositions were based on melodies of some older liturgical works, kept in the archive of the St Vitus Cathedral in Prague.


Sylvie Bodorová

After the great success of Terezín Ghetto Requiem the Prague Spring International Music Festival commissioned oratorio Juda Maccabeus for the performance in St. Vitus Cathedral (with Gabriela Beňačková, Aleš Briscein, Ivan Kusnjer and the Prague Philharmonic Choir) in May 2002 and then in Litomyšl International Festival in June 2002.


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