Vinobraní na Grébovce

Vinobraní na Grébovce - Prague wine harvest festival held at the Havlíčkovy sady park in Prague 2. This year the celebrations of new wine also included the 130th year anniversary of the Vinohrady area of Prague. Includes live performance by French group Sergent pepere http://sergentpepere.chez.com/

Vinohrady is a beautiful residential area of Prague that carries a reputation of prestige and elegance. It covers portions of Prague 2, 3, and 10. Most of its grand Neo-Renaissance, Art Nouveau, Pseudo Baroque, and Neo-Gothic buildings come from the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century, and many have been and continue to be restored in an amazing array of color and architectural detail.

The name Vinohrady means "vineyards". The area was indeed covered with vineyards starting in the 14th century when Czech king Charles IV had them planted there, right around the time when he had the New Town built. The vineyards lasted for some four hundred years and were later replaced by rose gardens, orchards, and residential buildings.

An independent community of Vinohrady was established in 1849, encompassing the area of today's Vinohrady and Žižkov. The area was divided into Královské Vinohrady (Royal Vinohrady) and Žižkov in 1875. Královské Vinohrady received the status of a city in 1879. A tram line between Muzeum and Flora started running in 1897. Královské Vinohrady was incorporated into Greater Prague as a district in 1922 and its name was shortened to Vinohrady in 1968.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• documentary
• Prague
• wine
• harvest
• festival
• Burčák
• Pavel
• Bem
• Sergent
• pepere
• music
• jazz

[barganews]

so just what where that couple at the table doing ?