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Prague is the capital of the
Czech Republic, is
situated on the Vltava River in the center of the
Bohemian Basin .
Prague
with its history, culture and number of inhabitants ranged
among the European metropolis.
The first settlements in the Vltava basin were in the
Early Stone Age. Upon the arrival of Slavs in the 7th
century. Later, Jews took up their residence in this
area too. In 1348, the first Central European
university is founded by Charles IV. to promote culture
and education. In 1357 than he founder Charles Bridge.
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Prague gave hospitality for in among the others, to :
Tycho Brahe ( 1546 - 1601)
Jan Kepler (1571 - 1630)
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
W. Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Bedřich Smetana (1824 -1884)
Josef Hašek (1883 - 1923)
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)
Jan Hus (circa 1371 - 6.7.1415)
Jan Nepomucký (1345 - 1393)
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Prague
of today is a city with elegant shops, restaurants and hotels the
first category. The town fascinating, rich, with a lot of tourists ..
Airport : Praha Ruzyně - circa 10 km from the center.
Traveling documents : passport / identity
card for citizen EU.
Who is traveling by car: green card international is obliged.
Highways and speedways subject to a fee. A
proof of payment of the fee is two part coupon.
Currency : Czech Crown
Time: (GMT + 1 - CET)
Inhabitants : 1.300 000 cca
There are several definition of Prague :
Gold Town
Town of 100 towers
Paris of the East
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