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The AES Corporation is an American utility and power generation company. It owns and operates power plants, which it uses to generate and sell electricity to end users and intermediaries like utilities and industrial facilities. AES is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and is one of the world's leading power companies, generating and ...
Wimbledon. 3R ( 2015) US Open. QF ( 2011) Team competitions. Fed Cup. 6–10. Jarmila Wolfe [1] [2] (née Gajdošová, formerly Groth; born 26 April 1987) is a Slovak-Australian former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as 14 singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's ...
Strahov Monastery. Coordinates: 50.086°N 14.390°E. View of Strahov Monastery from Úvoz street. Strahov Monastery ( Czech: Strahovský klášter) is a Premonstratensian abbey founded in 1143 by Jindřich Zdík, Bishop John of Prague, and Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia. It is located in Strahov, Prague, Czech Republic. [1]
Czech Republic. The Church of Saint Giles ( Czech: Kostel svatého Jiljí) is a church in Prague, Czech Republic. [1] This monumental three-aisled church was built on the foundations of a Romanesque church. Subsequently, numerous reconstructions took place during the 12th to 14th century. The Church of St. Giles in Prague was consecrated on 4 ...
René Hradský, 1989–1999. Karel Bican 1999–2007. David Tonzar, since 2008. Prague is also the seat of patriarchs. The two first Bishops of Prague were also patriarchs. Since 1946, the patriarch is a different bishop. Karel Farský, 1924–1927. Gustav Adolf Procházka, 1928–1942. František Kovář, 1946–1961.
The Prague Security Studies Institute ( PSSI, Czech: Pražský Institut Bezpečnostnich Studii; PIBS) is a non-profit, nongovernmental organization established in early 2002 to advance the building of a just, secure, democratic and free-market society in the Czech Republic and other post-communist states. PSSI’s primary mission is to build an ...
Starting in the early 18th century, a series of organizations were formed in Prague with an interest in promoting art and education. Thanks in part to their efforts, the Academy of Fine Arts was founded by Imperial Decree on September 10, 1799. Joseph Bergler the Younger was the first director. It began with instruction in drawing.
The convent of Saint Agnes ( Czech: Anežský klášter) is situated on the right bank of Vltava, in Prague Old Town area called „Na Františku“. The monastery of Poor Clares of the Order of Saint Clare and Franciscans was founded in 1231 [1] by Agnes of Bohemia, who also became the abbess of the convent. The convent, a view from the river ...