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==History==

==History==

===Capital of Holy Roman Empire===

===Capital of Holy Roman Empire===

Emperor [[Rudolf II]] (r 1576-1612) in 1583 moved his capital to Prague. Rudolf II dabbled in and patronized alchemy, astronomy/astrology and art, and thus attracted many artists and astronomers from the "The School of Prague" painters and surrealist painter [[Giuseppe Archimboldo]],<ref> Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, ''The School of Prague: Painting at the Court of Rudolf II.'' (1988)</ref> to court astronomers [[Johannes Kepler]] and [[Tycho Brahe]], who invented modern astronomy.<ref> Peter Marshall, ''The Magic Circle of Rudolph II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague'' (2006)</ref>. Rudolf's architects built fine palaces in the Mannerist style; many are still extant making the city a great treasure house of [{Renaissance]] architecture.  

Emperor [[Rudolf II]] (r 1576-1612) in 1583 moved his capital to Prague. Rudolf II dabbled in and patronized alchemy, astronomy/astrology and art, and thus attracted many artists and astronomers from the "The School of Prague" painters and surrealist painter [[Giuseppe Archimboldo]],<ref> Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, ''The School of Prague: Painting at the Court of Rudolf II.'' (1988)</ref> to court astronomers [[Johannes Kepler]] and [[Tycho Brahe]], who invented modern astronomy.<ref> Peter Marshall, ''The Magic Circle of Rudolph II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague'' (2006)</ref>. Rudolf's architects built fine palaces in the Mannerist style; many are still extant making the city a great treasure house of [[Renaissance]] architecture.  

Rudolf's architectural vision for the imperial residence was coherent, ambitious, and proto-baroque.Rudolf granted considerable liberty in terms of academic, political, and religious freedom. He sought the company of scholars, who often published and disseminated unorthodox opinionsl he permitted marriage between Catholics and Protestants. Rudolf was aware, however, that some members of the clergy and nobility wished to limit freedom of expression and conscience; while there was constant tension in Prague during this period between tolerance and intolerance, tolerance predominated.

Rudolf's architectural vision for the imperial residence was coherent, ambitious, and proto-baroque.Rudolf granted considerable liberty in terms of academic, political, and religious freedom. He sought the company of scholars, who often published and disseminated unorthodox opinionsl he permitted marriage between Catholics and Protestants. Rudolf was aware, however, that some members of the clergy and nobility wished to limit freedom of expression and conscience; while there was constant tension in Prague during this period between tolerance and intolerance, tolerance predominated.