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Social Programme
WELCOME PARTY
| Date: | Monday, 30 August |
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| Venue: | building of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Malostranské náměstí |
| Price: | incl. in the registration fee (accompanying persons have to buy a ticket for 1100 CZK) |
The Welcome Party will take place in the recently reconstructed refectory adorned with splendid ceiling paintings in the late Baroque style.
CONCERT
| Date: | Tuesday, 31 August |
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| Venue: | Collegium Marianum (near the conference venue) |
| Price: | incl. in the registration fee (free for accompanying persons) |
Collegium Marianum is a music and dance ensemble focussing on the authentic interpretation of pre-romantic music and the reconstruction of baroque choreographies. The ensemble was founded and has worked by the Collegium Marianum Cultural Centre for Historical Arts in Prague. Members of Collegium Marianum are foremost young Czech artists playing on historical originals and copies of period instruments. As a result of their research in the music archives in the Czech Republic and abroad, they have introduced in modern premieres a number of long-forgotten treasures of the 17th and 18th century music and dance repertoire, mostly from the region of Central Europe.
CONFERENCE TRIP
| Date: | Wednesday, 1 September |
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| Venue: | Prague Botanic Garden |
| Price: | 700 CZK |
Conference riverboat trip to Prague Botanic Garden
Prague is one of ancient wine producing regions in our country. Only few vineyards are still preserved but the most beautiful among them is "Vinice svaté Kláry" (St. Claire's vineyard), where a small wine degustation is planned. Today the vineyard is a part of Prague Botanic Garden together with many other exhibitions.
The vineyard is under protection of law as "National
Heritage" and with other four adjacent vineyards resembles the past
glory of Prague's viticulture.
Originally, this vineyard was affined
to the chateau of Troja, its enormous cellars have been the place of
the processing of the grapes for centuries. In the twenties of the
past century the vineyard was changed into an orchard; downy mildew
had destroyed the vineyard completely.
The fifties of last century
were the comeback of vine to St. Claire and since then the traditional
benchless vineyard is cultivated verbatim by hand because of the steep
slopes of Troja hill. Being spread over 3, 5 hectares of land it is
the largest vineyard of today's Prague. Vine strains as Rhein
Riezling, Muller Thurgau, Blue Portugal and Red Traminer are grown
here. The old vineyard house, possibly built in the 18th century is
the centrepiece of this part, containing a famed cellar with a choice
of local and Moravian vines. A nice view of Prague's panorama can be
relished together with vine degustation, too.
A showpiece of Prague Botanic Garden is a tropical greenhouse Fata Morgana, a tour around the world through the tropics. A modern construction with unusual "S" shaped ground plan is embedded into rocky terrain. Natural breakup of the rocky surface is artfully exploited for terraced planting of displayed vegetation. This remarkable shape and unique solution for exhibition area is covering approximately 1750 sq. metres and is considered to be unparalleled in Europe.
But Prague Botanic Garden offers much more. Japanese Garden is considered to be the most attractive section of the Open Air Exhibitions. This part of the botanical garden invites all visitors to quiet down and relax. Apart from this, a valuable collection of bulbous plants, Mediterranean collection, or Small alpine house are worth of seeing.
CONFERENCE DINNER
| Date: | Thursday, 2 September |
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| Venue: | Klášterní restaurant, Strahov Monastery |
| Price: | 1000 CZK |