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• Population: 1.3 million
• The UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites
• Coat of arms:
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9 hills of Prague:
Letná EmauzyVítkov VyšehradOpyš KarlovVětrov PetřínSkalka
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LEGEND
• founded by Libuše and Přemysl
• name: „práh“ = „ford“
= a crossing point of the Vltava river
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HISTORY
• first settlement from the Paleolithic age
• 9th century – first masonry (today´s Prague Castle
• 10th century – Vyšehrad
• 1257 – Malá Strana
• 1344 – St. Vitus Cathedral
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• Charles IV (1346 – 1378) – New Town– Charles Bridge– Charles University
• 1419 – the First Defenestration (Hussites)
• Rudolf II (1583 – 1611)– the capital of European culture– astrologers, magicians, alchemists,
astronomers, musicians, artists
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• 1618 – the Second Defenestration
• 1620 – the Battle of White Mountain – the end of Bohemian period
• 1621 – the execution of 27 Czech nobles
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• 1848 – the Czech national movement
• 1918 – the Czechoslovak Republic, the seat of president TGM
• 1945 – the Prague Uprising
• 1968 – the Prague Spring
• 1989 – the Velvet Revolution
• 1993 – the capital of the Czech Republic
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Hradčany
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Lesser Town
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Charles Bridge
• connects Lesser Town
with Old Town
• 75 statues
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Jewish Quarter
• dates back to
the 13th century
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Old Town Square
• late 12th century
• originally the central
marketplace
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Wenceslas Square
• during the reign of Charles IV
• originally a horse market
• nowadays hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, shops
• 750m long
• 60m wide
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Modern architecture