The basilica features an impressive stone mosaic above its entry, and its twin 58 m towers can be seen atop a hill to the south from along the Vltava River in central Prague.
A native of Prague, Karlík teamed up with fellow canoer Jan Brzák-Felix in 1955 to paddle the 118 miles (189.9 km) of the Vltava from České Budějovice to Prague in 20 hours.
The introduction of railway traffic in the Austrian Empire had been pushed by pioneers like physicist František Josef Gerstner (1756–1832), who advocated a railway connection from the Vltava basin across the Bohemian Massif to the Danube river.
In 1955, Brzák-Felix teamed up with 1936 C-1 1000 m silver medalist Bohuslav Karlík to paddle the 118 miles (189.9 km) of the Vltava from České Budějovice to Prague in 20 hours.
The subtext of the plot is a Czech legend of a sheer rockface that overlooks the Vltava river, near the old monastery of Vyšši Brod, where the Devil was said to have halted the building of the monastery by damming the Vltava, which then rose and flooded the site.
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Kiraly Siratás, album's opening track, is based around the main melody from Bedřich Smetana 19th-century piece "Vltava".
Kampa Island, an island in the Vltava river and district in Prague
Three bridges across the Vltava River are in the town - Masaryk Bridge (a highway bridge built in 1920s), a footbridge with bicycle lane (built in 1990s) and a railway bridge.
Due to frequent flooding and subsequent damage, the Vltava River in Southern Bohemia was problematic for Český Krumlov and other settlements situated on it.
The museum opened in 2003 and is housed in Sova's Mills on the eastern bank of the Kampa Island on the River Vltava.
In the week starting 12 August, extensive flooding of the Vltava and Berounka rivers wreaked havoc at the racecourse.
One of his first appearances was his "float" on which he sailed the stormy river Vltava during the 2002 European floods in Prague.
Moreover, he gained renown for himself through his participation in the making of the river Vltava navigable in the sector called St. John's Rapids (Svatojánské proudy).
The Cistercian monastery is located on the right bank of the river Vltava, in the south-west part of the town of Vyšší Brod.