place
Hradschin (Prague Castle)
the Hradschin
also: Hradcany, Prague Castle, Hofburg
The vast hilltop castle complex of Prague (Czech Hradcany), seat of the Bohemian kings and crowned by St. Vitus Cathedral.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §4 Hradschin
The Hradschin (Czech Hradcany), the great hilltop castle of Prague, seat of the Bohemian kings and crowned by St. Vitus Cathedral; here its 'weathered brow' surveys the city.
- Early Poems §71 Hradschin
The Hradčany--Prague Castle on the hill above the river; Rudolf's seat and, by the poem's close, all that remains to him.