PRAGUE

• Population: 1.3 million

• The UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites

• Coat of arms:

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

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

• 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

• 1618 – the Second Defenestration

• 1620 – the Battle of White Mountain – the end of Bohemian period

• 1621 – the execution of 27 Czech nobles

• 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

Hradčany

Lesser Town

Charles Bridge

• connects Lesser Town

with Old Town

• 75 statues

Jewish Quarter

• dates back to

the 13th century

Old Town Square

• late 12th century

• originally the central

marketplace

Wenceslas Square

• during the reign of Charles IV

• originally a horse market

• nowadays hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, shops

• 750m long

• 60m wide

Modern architecture