Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad is a castle in Praha 2, Prague 2, Prague, Central Bohemia. Vyšehrad is situated nearby to the ruins Remains of the Walls of the Romanesque Stone Bridge, as well as near the church Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and The Devil’s Pillar.
Basilica of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Church
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul is a neo-Gothic collegiate and parish church in Vyšehrad fortress in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1070–1080 by the King Vratislaus II of Bohemia, the Romanesque basilica suffered a fire in the year 1249 and has been rebuilt in Gothic and later in neo-Gothic style.
The Devil’s Pillar
Photo: Miaow Miaow, Public domain.
Devil's Column is a formation of three stone columns, located in Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic. For the first time, it was mentioned in the book Bellum hussiticum as fragments of one column, standing on the cemetery of the St.
Remains of the Walls of the Romanesque Stone Bridge
Ruins
Photo: Miaow Miaow, Public domain.
Remains of the Walls of the Romanesque Stone Bridge is a ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Town and Vysehrad and Smíchov.
New Town and Vysehrad
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Town of Prague is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town. A large part of New Town that borders Old Town from east and south belongs to Praha 1 district.
Smíchov
Suburb
Photo: VitVit, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smíchov has, since 1922, been a district and cadastral area of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, and is part of Prague 5. It is on the west bank of the Vltava river.
New Town
Suburb
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Town is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.
Vyšehrad
- Type: Castle
- Also known as: “Vysehrad”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Praha 2, Prague 2, Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.06425° or 50° 3′ 51″ northLongitude
14.41829° or 14° 25′ 6″ eastElevation
232 metres (761 feet)Open location code
9F2P3C79+P8GeoNames ID
6290265
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Vyšehrad” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Вышаград”
- Chinese: “高堡”
- Czech: “Vyšehrad”
- Dutch: “Vyšehrad”
- Esperanto: “Vyšehrad”
- Finnish: “Vyšehrad”
- French: “Vyšehrad”
- German: “Vyšehrad”
- Greek: “Βίσεχραντ”
- Hebrew: “וישהראד”
- Hungarian: “Vyšehrad”
- Italian: “Vyšehrad”
- Japanese: “ヴィシェフラット”
- Polish: “Wyszehrad”
- Russian: “Вышеград”
- Slovak: “Vyšehrad”
- Ukrainian: “Вишеград”
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