Sylabus/Topics for the walks:

1) Introduction - European Cities and city maps; the beginnings of urbanism and historical city centres; comparative point of view

2) Prague I – Middle Ages/Early Modern Ages; Praga Caput Regni. Prague in the 14th – 16th century, The Diversity of Baroque Prague (17th – 18th century)

3) Prague II – Early Modern History/Modern History; Prague in the 17 - 19th century

4) The Uprising of Modern Prague (19th/20th century) – urbanisation, industrialisation, nationalisation and social changes

5) Prague in Protectorate (1938-1945). Life under the Occupation

Prague and the Communism, New face of Prague after 1989

6) Presentation of students´ reflections on Prague – the mixture of architecture and history, places of of memory