Běchovice ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈbjɛxovɪtsɛ] ) is a suburb of Prague , currently a municipal district in the administrative district Prague 21 . It is located about 13 km east of the city centre. The main road and railway line connecting Prague and Kolín pass through Běchovice. The population as of 2008 was 4,038.
3-629: First mentioned in 1228 in possession of St. George's Convent at Prague Castle , the village was incorporated into Prague in 1974. Běchovice railway station was the site of Massacre in Běchovice which happened on 17 June 1848. Today the location is domestically known mainly for the Běchovice – Prague Race , a mass attended 10 km run whose course follows the road from Běchovice towards Prague. It has been held in early autumn each year without interruption since 1897. This Prague location article
6-711: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St. George%27s Convent, Prague St. George's Convent ( Czech : klášter svatého Jiří ) was a community of Benedictine nuns located in Prague Castle in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic ) between 973 and 1782. Founded in 973, the abbey was next to the seat of ecclesiastical and state power in Bohemia and occasionally the entire Holy Roman Empire , and played an important historical role. During
9-609: The Middle Ages, the convent was one of the richest in the Crown of Bohemia . Around 1400, about 50 nuns (including those still before their profession ) lived in the abbey. Although no longer active, the nunnery's building and the attached Basilica dedicated to Saint George still exist. The abbey building housed the Czech National Gallery 's collection of 19th-century Bohemian art for a long time. Currently, it
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