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Event title:
Military parade celebrating the arrival in Prague of the Emperor Ferdinand and the Empress Maria Anna
Venue: Hradčany, parade ground (Hradčany Castle courtyard)
Event type: State or civil events
Date: 29/10/1854 pm
Programme unspecified:
General participants:
- ensemble of the Royal 24th Rifles Battalion: participating ensemble
- ensemble of Infantry Regiment of Archduke Albrecht: participating ensemble
Commentary:
Mercy’s Anzeiger 29/10/1854 reported: ‘Their Majesties the Emperor Ferdinand and the Empress Maria Anna arrived from the Royal chateau of Ploschkowitz [Ploškovice] and passed on to he Royal Castle on the Hradschin [Hradčany]. In the evening was for the Festival for the Arrival of Their Majesties a great parade performed by the musical ensembles of the Royal Infantry Regiments of Archduke Albrecht and of the Royal 24th Rifles Battalion.’