Come to the Carolinum open day












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            * Come to the Carolinum Open Day
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            Five years after the last Open Day, the premises of the historic main building of Charles 

            Carolinum, will again be open to the public. The open day will take place on Saturday and 
            7 April 2013, on the occasion of the 665th anniversary of the founding of the first instit
            education in Central Europe. The Open Day will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

            The main building of the oldest university in the Czech Republic will once again be open t
            all its beauty, including representative and meeting-rooms, such as e.g. the mázhaus, Empe
            Patriots’ Hall and, obviously, the Great Aula, where many important academic ceremonies (g

            matriculation, awarding of honorary doctorates, etc.) take place. One of the biggest attra
            tour will undoubtedly be the display of the university insignia, including the Rector’s ma

            of the individual faculties. Visitors will also get to visit the Romanesque and Gothic cel
            they can see, amongst other things, the unique Romanesque well from the pre-university per
            oldest in Prague. The cellar area is also host to an exhibition on the major milestones in

            CU, describing the milieu of Prague studium generale, teaching and the structural developm
            preserved university building – the Carolinum. The beauty of the unique architecture, draw
            all architectural periods, is enhanced by the extensive art gallery, which, apart from pai

            Baroque period, also includes a gallery of portraits of the rectors of Charles University.
            The tour route, leading throughout the entire complex, will be accessible all day long and
            Institute of the History of Charles University and Archive of Charles University will be o

            any questions that visitors may have. Due to the fact that, for organisational reasons, vi
            be admitted to the Carolinum in small groups, anyone still queuing at the entrance at 4 p.
            admitted.

            Open Days do not have a long tradition at Charles University; the university grounds have 
            to the public in this extent on a few occassions: after the Velvet Revolution in 1989, in 
            before the start of the refurbishment process and on four more occasions in subsequent yea

            The entrance for visitors will be at Železná Street 9 and the tour will exit to Ovocný trh
            public will be allowed to view the refurbished premises of the historic Carolinum complex,
            national monument ranking just behind the Prague Castle complex.

            This event has been organised by CU in response to considerable public interest – the Caro
            by over 5,000 people on the last Open Day.
            Part of the route is barrier-free and priority access will be given to the physically disa