According to legend, Prague was founded in the 8th century by the Czech princess and soothsayer Libuší and her husband Přemysl, the founder of the Přemyslid dynasty. Legend has it that Libuše climbed a rocky cliff high above the Vltava River and prophesied: `I see a great city whose glory will touch the stars.` She ordered the construction of a castle on the site and called the city Prague. An important cult place became a promontory above the Vltava River, where Prince Bořivoj had the second Christian church in Bohemia built at the end of the 9th century, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. During the reign of Bořivoj`s son Spytihněv I. at the beginning of the 10th century, the entire plateau of the promontory was surrounded by a defensive wall and a princely palace was built here. Thus, the foundations of Prague Castle were laid, where the prince and his retinue from Levý Hradec moved. Prague became the center of the nascent Czech state. From Prague Castle and other fortified settlements in Central Bohemia, the Přemyslid rulers began to administer the surrounding area, where they gradually subjugated the locals and forced them to pay benefits. The existence of the prince`s castle brought craftsmen and merchants to its castle grounds - a medieval town began to be born.

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