The history of the city of Prague begins with a fairy tale story.  Legend says that the Princess Libuse, hoping he would help her yield sturdy heirs to the throne, chose a ploughman to be her groom.  She stood on the hill overlooking the valley and foretold of a beautiful city that would one day become the city of Prague (Czech word for ‘threshold’).  It would indeed sit on the very threshold of many cultures and stories. The city is therefore layered with the architecture of the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and so on. Unlike many European cities, it was spared during WWII and remains intact.  Prague is breathtaking!