Seven Towers. Charles IV through the eyes of academics (1316–2016)

The 700th birth anniversary of King of Bohemia (1346 to 1378) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355–1378) Charles IV has been designated as one of UNESCO’s important world anniversaries for 2016–2017. Throughout 2016, the Sept centennial anniversary will feature a wide array of commemorative events ranging from exhibitions to historical-themed festivities, conferences and celebrations. The Czech Academy of Sciences recreates the period of Charles IV at the exhibition entitled Seven Towers. Charles IV through the eyes of academics (1316–2016) at the Science and Art Gallery. The visitors have an opportunity to see the unique gold ducats with a picture of Charles IV. For the first time the most valuable archaeological discoveries of glass goblets are exhibited. Everday items used by residents of the medievel city are also on display. The exhibition also shows a rare treasure of coins, which was hidden in the Emmaus monastery about 1370, as well as copies of the Constitutive Act of the Charles University, Charles’s Code Maiestas Carolina or late-medieval transcript of Charles´s Golden Bull. Personality of Charles IV is documented by commemorative coins, medals and seals bearing his images. Part of the exhibition is also a faithful copy of the statue of Charles IV from the Old Town Bridge Tower, the last sculptural portrait of the monarch before his death.