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n 1344, "The Archbishop of Prague, King Charles IV, and his two sons, Charles and John, ceremoniously laid the first stone of the new Prague church beginning the way of the Gothic Cathedral of St. Vitus, St. Wencelsas and St. Adalbert." (Benes Krabice of Weitmile, Chronicle of Prague Church)For more than 600 years, the roofs of the Castle have been overlooked by the towers of the Gothic Cathedral. The Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague, was where the Coronations of the Kings of Bohemia were held until 1836. It is also where Saints, Kings, Princes and Emperors of Bohemia are buried. St. Wenceslas Chapel in the cathedral was built directly above the Saint's tomb by Peter Parler. "Charles IV donated many relics to the church all decorated with gold, silver and precious stones. No other King had enriched and honored the church so grandly and magnificently" (from the Chronicle of Frances of Prague, 2nd half of the 14th century)
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