Krajinou prvních Přemyslovců - S českými knížaty ze Stadic do Prahy – Dvořák Otomar (2023)

The legendary stories about the beginnings of the Czech land, as first captured by the chronicler Kosmas in the early 12th century, are the history of the Přemyslid dynasty, the first rulers of Bohemia. ***** You will get a remarkable picture if you look at a map and mark the individual sites of the oldest stories. You will obtain a sort of irregular oval, encircling Prague to a distance of about 30 kilometers, with exceptional "tentacles" stretching even further, perhaps to the Ohře River or to Stadice. These ancient focal points of glory and power are sometimes hidden in the shadow of the metropolis today, mostly not belonging to tourist attractions, and sometimes they even hide in the neglected industrial periphery of the capital, where only the attentive eye of an informed pilgrim will discover them. ***** This only drew the authors further into the mysterious "land of the first Přemyslids." While Otomar eagerly walked in the footsteps of the story of the power rise of the first princes and found traces left by them as well as mythological connections, Pepson, with a camera in hand, tirelessly explored other remarkable buildings, monuments, and curiosities that have accumulated over the centuries at those sites. These perspectives from two different angles complement each other – and together they create a vivid image. The exception is two…