PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
THE DESTINATION
The ancient city of Prague is the Capital of the Czech Republic. This “once again” new
nation is one of the most recent members of the European Union. Prague has been a
European intellectual capital since the 14th century and a major learning center with
one of the first universities founded in Europe where international students studied
Latin. Prague has been an inspiring and stimulating place to study for more than 600
years. This year should prove to be no exception.
Prague is also lavishly beautiful in its architecture and layout. Often called a living
textbook of 1000 years of architecture, it was named an UNESCO World Heritage site in
1992. The city’s historic center is unparalleled in Europe. Within the city limits you can
experience Romanesque rotundas from 900 A.D., Gothic cathedrals, Renaissance
palaces, Baroque churches, magnificent collections of Cubist and Art Nouveau structures and, thrown in for good measure, the contemporary architecture of American
master Frank Geary, many within a stone’s throw of one another. Although the photographs made for this course will not be primarily concerned with simply architecture,
this superb amalgam of structures will serve as unique visual anchors to many of the
activities you will be documenting photographically during the course of the semester.