Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Prague' has mentioned 'River' in the following places:
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Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3xc2xa0million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.7xc2xa0million. | WIKI |
At the site of the ford in the Vltava river, King Vladislaus I had the first bridge built in 1170, the Judith Bridge (Juditin most), named in honour of his wife Judith of Thuringia. | WIKI |
[31] This bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1342, but some of the original foundation stones of that bridge remain in the river. | WIKI |
One of these banners was captured by Swedish troops in Battle of Prague (1648), when they captured the western bank of the Vltava river and were repulsed from the eastern bank, they placed it in the Royal Military Museum in Stockholm; although this flag still exists, it is in very poor condition. | WIKI |
Bridges over the River Vltava, as seen from Letnxc3xa1 | WIKI |
The Czech name Praha is derived from an old Slavic word, prxc3xa1h, which means "ford" or "rapid", referring to the city's origin at a crossing point of the Vltava river. | WIKI |
The Czech prxc3xa1h might thus be understood to refer to rapids or fords in the river, the edge of which could have acted as a means of fording the riverxc2xa0xe2x80x93 thus providing a "threshold" to the castle. | WIKI |
At that time, the castle was surrounded by forests, covering the nine hills of the future cityxc2xa0xe2x80x93 the Old Town on the opposite side of the river, as well as the Lesser Town beneath the existing castle, appeared only later. | WIKI |
Prague is situated on the Vltava river, at 50xc2xb005xe2x80xb2N 14xc2xb027xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf50.083xc2xb0N 14.450xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 50.083; 14.450. | WIKI |
The neo-renaissance National Museum with large scientific and historical collections The National Theatre, a neo-Renaissance building with golden roof, alongside the banks of the Vltava river The deconstructivist Dancing House (Fred and Ginger Building) Charles Square, the largest medieval square in Europe (now turned into a park) The Emmaus monastery and WW Memorial "Prague to Its Victorious Sons" at Palacky Square (Palackxc3xa9ho nxc3xa1mxc4x9bstxc3xad) The museum of the Heydrich assassination in the crypt of the Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius Stiassny's Jubilee Synagogue is the largest in Prague The Mucha Museum, showcasing the Art Nouveau works of Alphonse Mucha Church of St. Apollinaire, Prague Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Prague Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great, Prague Church of Our Lady on the Lawn St. Wenceslas Church (Zderaz) St. Stephen's Church | WIKI |
Since 2005 the Regional Organiser of Prague Integrated Transport (ROPID) has franchised operation of ferries on the Vltava river, which are also a part of the public transport system with common fares. | WIKI |
Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe in terms of its setting on both banks of the Vltava River, its townscape of burgher houses and palaces punctuated by towers, and its individual buildings. | UNESCO |
Of particular importance are Prague Castle, the Cathedral of St Vitus, Hradxc4x8dany Square in front of the Castle, the Valdxc5xa1tejn Palace on the left bank of the river, the Gothic Charles Bridge, the Romanesque Rotunda of the Holy Rood, the Gothic arcaded houses with Romanesque cores around the Old Town Square, the Church of Our Lady in front of Txc3xbdn, the High Gothic Minorite Church of St James in the Old Town (Starxc3xa9 Mxc4x95sto), the Early Gothic so-called Old-New Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter (Josefov), the late 19th century buildings and the medieval town plan of the New Town (Novxc3xa9 Mxc4x95sto). | UNESCO |