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Event title:
Military Serenade and torchlight procession given in Prague Castle to celebrate the arrival of the Emperor Ferdinand
Venue: Hradčany, parade ground (Hradčany Castle courtyard)
Event type: State or civil events
Date: 27/10/1863 8pm
Programme unspecified:
- musical ensemble of Royal Infantry Regiment of Wilhelm I, King of Prussia: participating ensemble
- ensemble of Imperial First Field Artillery Regiment of Franz Joseph: participating ensemble
- musical ensemble of the Royal Infantry Regiment of Count Gyulai: participating ensemble
- ensemble of Royal Infantry Regiment of Archduke Sigismund: participating ensemble
Commentary:
Prager Morgenpost 28/10/1863 published news of the arrival back in Prague of the Emperor Ferdinand on 27/10/1863 following his annual summer sojourn at his country retreat at Ploškovice.The source reported of events the previous evening that: ‘Yesterday evening at 8 o’clock for the Festival of the Arrival of His Majesty, all of the military music ensembles garrisoned in Prague performed a musical Serenade with a torchlight procession in the first courtyard of the Imperial Castle on Hradschin.’ The ‘Infantry Regiment of the Prince of Prussia [des Infanterie-Regimentes Prinz von Preußen]’ almost certainly referred to the ensemble of the Royal Infantry Regiment of King Wilhelm I of Prussian, which was then stationed and active in Prague.