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New impulses for the development of the town lying on the Vltava River had usually been brought by globetrotters coming in with knowledge of French, German or Austrian architecture; however, this does not mean that Prague architecture blindly followed the foreign patterns. Prague, a city on the crossroads of cultures, was a melting pot of many influences and many buildings from all the periods show a certain extent of originality. Artists and craftsmen, regardless their previous experiences, had surrendered to the Prague’s genius loci and had given their best to the city in return.
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