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The city's origin at a crossing point of the Vltava river

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The Library of the Metropolitan Chapter

The library of the Metropolitan Chapter ranks among the oldest ant the most valuable historical libraries in the Czech Republic. Historical archives form the oldest part of this library. Along with these archive materials the chapter has long since also accumulated books, initially in manuscript and later in printed form. Old inventories of St. Vitus's Church acquaint us with the gradual growth of the chapter library. Mention is made of 151 volumes in 1354 and one year later this number had grown to 184. Listed in the inventory of 1387 are 45 liturgical books and 205 others. Even in that period as well as in later times gifts and bequests, mainly from members of the chapter, were in the principle source of new acquisitions.