Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn msto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City. Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the political, cultural, and economic centre of the Czech state for more than 1100 years. The city proper is home to more than 1.2 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 1.9 million. Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Nicknames for Prague deliver included “the mother of cities” (Praga mater urbium, or “Praha matka mst” in Czech)”, “city of a hundred spires” and “the golden metropolis”. Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe’s (and the world’s) most popular tourist destinations. It is the sixth most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin. Prague suffered substantially less hurt during World War II than about other major cities in the neighborhood, allowing nearly of its historic architecture to stay true to form. It contains one of the world’s nearly pristine and varied collections of architecture, from Art Nouveau to Baroque, Renaissance, Cubist, Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern.
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The Dancing House is the nickname (”Drunk House”) given to an office building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic at Ra¡novo n¡be¾ 80, 120 00 Praha 2. It was designed by Croatian-born Czech architect Vlado Miluni in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The construction started in 1994 and was finished in 1996. Take picture at that travel.
Wenceslas Square is one of the master city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the Modern Town of Czech capital, Czech Republic. Many historical events occurred at that place, and it is a traditional scope for demonstrations, celebrations, and other populace gatherings. The public square is named afterward Saint Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. Formerly known as Konsky trh (English: Horse Market), for its periodic accommodation of horse markets during the Middle Ages, it was renamed Svatovaclavske namest (English: Saint Wenceslas square) in 1848 on the proposal of Karel Havlcek Borovsky. Czech capital is one of nearly visited tourist cities in Europe. Honest accomodation, solid food and beer. Keep off winter because of very low temperatures.
