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Hotel Ankora Praha

Hotel Ankora

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.0 mi ( 1.5 km ) from Clementinum

Hotel Ankora is located in the center of Prague, on Wenceslas Square is only 500 meters away. Metro station IP Pavlova is close (5 min walk). In all rooms is possibility to connect to the Internet. Parking is available in the subterranean parking.

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Hotel Merkur Praha

Hotel Merkur

Prague center → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Prague Hotel Merkur is located in a close proximity of the historical Prague centre, near to all significant sights and the newly opened shopping mall Paladium, which offers a large number of shops, restaurants and other services. Old Town Square and Venceslav´s square are only 15 minutes of a very pleasant stroll away. Being close to the Prague city centre, this 3 star Prague hotel offers excellent transportation possibilities – lines C and B of Prague’s subway are located approximately 50 meters from our hotel and most lines of buses and trams are within 2 minutes walk.

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Art Hotel Embassy Praha - Suite

Art Hotel Embassy

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Art Embassy is 4 star Prague hotel situated in the Prague centre, in a quiet side lane close to the main tourist boulevard. The hotel built in Art Deco style has 5 floors with spacious stairways and security and fire protection system.

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Hotel Legie Praha

Hotel Legie

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Hotel Legie Praha, from category 3 star hotels in Prague, is situated in the city centre, 400 m from Wenceslas Square and 65 m from underground I.P.Pavlova (line C). From the hotel there is easy connection to the important Prague´s historic sights with trams No. 22.

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Hotel Domus Henrici Praha

Hotel Domus Henrici

Prague centre → Prague Castle District, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Small and cosy Prague hotel Boutique Domus Henrici is located on a beautiful spot close to Prague Castle, so called Prague Castle area (Praha Hradčany) – hidden between the main gate of the Prague Castle, Loreta Chapel and Strahov Monastery. This Prague hotel is the unique place ideal place for a holiday, for an enjoyable business trip. Domus Henrici Boutique Hotel Prague inhabits a house on medieval foundations with chequered history.

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Aparthotel Austria Suites Praha

Aparthotel Austria Suites

Prague close to center → Smíchov, Prague 5 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Austria Suites Praha, from category 3 star Prague hotels, is located of the building is on a busy street, all suites are quiet as they are facing the atrium of the palace. The suites are convenient for business clients and tourists. The attractive location of Palace Austria next to the shopping mall and business centre Anděl and near all major sights of Prague is another benefit and reason to stay here. 

 

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Design Hotel Elephant Praha

Design Hotel Elephant

Prague center → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Four Star Design Hotel Elephant is located in a street in Florence, in the heart of Prague. Next to the hotel is a bus station Florenc and metro station Florenc. Hotel offers it clients connect to the free wifi and free parking in a big garage.

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Hotel 16 - U Sv. Kateriny Praha

Hotel 16 - U Sv. Kateriny

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Family Hotel 16 - U Sv. Kateriny Praha, from category 4 star Prague hotels, is located in close proximity to the botanical garden only 8 minutes walking distance from the Wenceslas Square – the main Prague's square and simultaneously the business center of Prague. At the same time you can reach also the historical heart of the city. Old Town Square is only 15 minutes walking distance and direct Tram Station to Prague Castle is located only 2 minutes walking distance from the hotel.

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HOTEL A PLUS Praha

HOTEL A PLUS

Prague centre → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Prag hotel / hostel A Plus is located in the historic center of Prague, just a 10 minute walk to Wenceslas Square (Praha Vaclavske namesti) or Old Town Square (Praha Staromestke namesti).The hostel offers cheap Prague accomodation right in the center of Prague and one of the largest sleeping capacities in Prague. The hostel A Plus is just 80 meters from the Florenc bus station, 500 meters from Masarykovo train station, one metro stop from the Main train station (Praha Hlavni nadrazi), and two metro stops from Holešovice train station. Parking for cars and buses available on the spot.

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Hostel Mikoláše Alše Praha - Třípokojový apartmán, Dvoupokojový apartmán, Dvoulůžkový apartmán s možností přistýlky

Hostel Mikoláše Alše

Prague close to center → Bubeneč, Prague 7 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum
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Hostel-Centre Praha

Hostel-Centre

Prague center → New Town, Prague 2 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum
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HOTEL OPERA Praha

HOTEL OPERA

Prague center → New Town, Prague 1 • 1.0 mi ( 1.6 km ) from Clementinum

Prague Hotel Opera is luxury 4-star Prague hotel which can be found in the center of Prague, offering Prague accommodation in the area known as Prague New Town (Praha Nove mesto). Hotel is about a 10-minute walk from both the Charles Bridge (Karluv most) and Wenceslas Square (Vaclavske namesti Praha). The hotel itself is located in an historic, seven-storey Neorenaissance building which was built in 1890.

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Clementinum (Klementinum)

The Clementinum (Klementinum in Czech) is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. The Technical library and the Municipal library have moved to the Prague National Technical Library at Technická 6 since 2009. It is currently in use as the National Library of the Czech Republic. In 2005, the Czech National Library received the UNESCO Jikji prize (Memory of the World).

History

Its history dates from the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum, and the college was merged with the University in 1654. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

The National Library was founded in 1781 and from 1782 the Clementinum was a legal deposit library. In 1918 the newly established Czecho-Slovak state took over the library. Since 1990, it has been the National Library. It contains a collection of Mozartiana, material pertaining to Tycho Brahe and Comenius, as well as historic examples of Czech literature. The architecture is a notable example of Baroque architecture and Clementinum, covering 20,000 square metres, is the second largest complex of buildings in Prague after the Prague Castle. For several years before 2006, there was an on-going debate on the possibilities of expanding the space for future library collections, as the room in the current Clementinum buildings is expected to reach its limit by 2010. On Jan 10, 2006, the Prague authorities decided to sell the city-owned property located in the area of Letná near the Prague center, to the National Library. In Spring 2006, an international architectural design competition for the new building was put up. An architect who won the competition is Jan Kaplický, but his winning was infirmed, so the Czech National Library is still waiting for its final project.

Curiosities

  • At one time the Clementinum was known as the third largest Jesuit college in the world.
  • The oldest weather recording in the area of the Czech lands started in Clementinum in the year 1775. The recording continues through the present day.
  • The Clementinum is mentioned in "The Secret Miracle" by Jorge Luis Borges. The main character has a dream of the library of Clementinum where the librarians look for God in the books of the library. One of the librarians says:

God is in one of the letters of one of the pages of one of the four hundred thousand books of Clementinum. My fathers and the fathers of my fathers have looked for this letter; I myself have gone blind looking for it. So, a reader enters and delivers an atlas for the main character, saying that this atlas is useless. The main character opens the book at random, and find a map of India, touching one of its minimum letters and, then, finds God.

  • The Baroque library hall inside Clementinum is known for its beautiful interior, including ceiling artwork by Jan Hiebl.
t:source: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klementinum

Landmarks near Clementinum

  • Divadlo Na Královské cestě
    50 yd ( 50 m ) from Clementinum
  • Kostel sv. Františka z Assisi
    100 yd ( 90 m ) from Clementinum
  • Muzeum Karlova mostu
    130 yd ( 120 m ) from Clementinum
  • Křižovnické náměstí
    130 yd ( 120 m ) from Clementinum
  • La Finestra
    130 yd ( 120 m ) from Clementinum
  • Divadlo Disk
    140 yd ( 130 m ) from Clementinum
  • Staroměstská mostecká věž
    160 yd ( 140 m ) from Clementinum
  • Staroměstská mostecká věž
    160 yd ( 140 m ) from Clementinum
  • Divadlo Na zábradlí
    180 yd ( 170 m ) from Clementinum
  • School restaurant & lounge
    210 yd ( 190 m ) from Clementinum
  • Divadlo Lávka
    220 yd ( 200 m ) from Clementinum
  • Národní divadlo Marionet
    230 yd ( 210 m ) from Clementinum
  • Loutkové divadlo Říše loutek
    230 yd ( 210 m ) from Clementinum
  • Metro station Staroměstská
    240 yd ( 210 m ) from Clementinum
  • Amade
    240 yd ( 220 m ) from Clementinum
  • Public transport station Staroměstská
    250 yd ( 230 m ) from Clementinum
  • Novotného Lávka
    250 yd ( 230 m ) from Clementinum
  • Public transport station Karlovy lázně
    270 yd ( 250 m ) from Clementinum
  • Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze
    280 yd ( 260 m ) from Clementinum
  • La Bodeguita del Medio
    290 yd ( 260 m ) from Clementinum

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