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Prague Castle

castle complex in Prague, Czech Republic, dating from the 9th century
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Summary

Prague Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,689 views/month, #5 of 2,754).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hradčany[3]
  • Country: Czech Republic[4]
  • Instance of: château[5]
  • Architect: Matthias of Arras[6], Benedikt Rejt[7], Jože Plečnik[8]
  • Owned by: Czech Republic[9]
  • Operator: Správa Pražského hradu[10]
  • Named after: Prague[11]
  • Architectural style: Romanesque architecture[12], Gothic architecture[13], Renaissance architecture[14], baroque architecture[15]
  • Part of: Hradská soustava[16], Q136722727[17]
  • Has use: official residence[18]
  • Commons category: Prague Castle[19]
  • Has part(s): Old Royal Palace[20], St. Vitus Cathedral[21], Church of the Virgin Mary[22], St. George's Convent[23], Chapel of the Holy Cross[24], New Provost Residence[25], Staré proboštství[26], Prague Castle Riding School[27], New Royal Palace[28], Lobkowicz Palace[29], Queen Anne's Summer Palace[30], The Ball Game Hall[31], Villa of Edvard Beneš[32], Theresian Institution of Noble Ladies of the Prague Castle[33]
  • Inception: 900[34]
  • Located on linear feature: Via Czechia – Midland Trail (hiking)[35]
  • Official website: https://www.hrad.cz/[36], https://www.hrad.cz/en[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Prague Castle[38]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Prague Castle[39]
  • Visitors per year: 512,800[40], 2,587,500[41], 416,507[42], 486,319[43], 2,421,845[44], 1,198,047[45], 2,551,240[46]
  • Described by source: Gebrian versus[47], Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[48]
  • Topic has template: Шаблон:Пражский Град[49]
  • Heritage designation: national cultural monument of the Czech Republic[50], part of national cultural heritage site in the Czech Republic[51]
  • Official name: Pražský hrad[52]
  • Has characteristic: tourist attraction[53]
  • Commons Institution page: Castle, Prague[54]
  • Native label: Pražský hrad[55]

Body

Physical Characteristics

Prague Castle's length is recorded as 570 m[56].

Why It Matters

Prague Castle has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Czech Republic Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia Jože Plečnik Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Zahrada Na Valech

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q96257624. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . tourdata.cz. tourdata.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . cztlos-my.sharepoint.com. cztlos-my.sharepoint.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Q114516277. Retrieved . statistikakultury.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Q114516277. Retrieved . statistikakultury.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Q114516277. Retrieved . statistikakultury.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Q114516277. Retrieved . statistikakultury.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Q114516277. Retrieved . statistikakultury.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Památkový katalog NPÚ. Retrieved . pamatkovykatalog.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Suavemarimagno · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 66
    Instance of → castle, hillfort, château
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da'
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: château"
  2. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → castle, hillfort, château
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  3. 15w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Prague'}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +0900-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Svkkl authority id → k0003651-Prazsky-hrad
    Owned by → Czech Republic
    Topic has template → Шаблон:Пражский Град
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0003651-Prazsky-hrad, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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