Behind the scenes of the Prague Estates Theatre
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The Strahov Monastery (Strahovsky Klaster) started its long itinerary through history with establishment of the Premonstratensians, a religious order of canons founded in 1120 by St Norbert as an independent part of the Catholic church. By the year 1182 a Romanesque stone monastery was built on the place of an older foundation of Prince Vladislav II (from 1140). It’s peace was disturbed by a fire in 1258, when the church was destructed almost totally. A reconstruction in the Gothic style followed, but that was not to last either, as Baroque retouches were added during the beginning of the 18th century. In the meanwhile the abbey was plundered first by the Hussites and during the Thirty Years’ War by a regiment of the Swedish army. The last but not least hit that the abbey had to take was the bombardment of the church’s premises by the French, in 1742. After the Communist regime ended, the abbey was returned to the Premonstratensians in 1989. The Strahov Monastery it is not only an active place of pilgrimage but also a valuable museum and a famous library, still holding an unbelievable number of rare volumes.
La Bodeguita del Medio is placed in the historical centre of Prague with much more on offer than just its exquisite culinary delights. From the very beginning in 2002 La Bodeguita has thrived off a rich social and cultural scene and as such guests can expect to stumble across more than one familiar face. You name it, we supply it: from aromatic and flavoursome Cuban cuisine with succulent steaks and fresh fish to fantastic Caribbean mixed drinks Cuban cigars and first rate entertainment from the Cuban “Quarteta Havana. Indeed once emerged in this authentic atmosphere, La Bodeguita del Medio offers you a generous slice of real Havana life.





















