WELCOME IN PRAGUE
…..in the Capitol of the Czech republic. The Metropolis of the Czech Republic discloses to attentive visitors a lot of about the presence and no less about the past too. Th Prague City with its 1 214 600 inhabitants picturesque lies along both riverside of the Vltava River covers an area of 497 km2 in the Middle of Bohemia. Prague has many historical dominants. According to the old popular sentence is Prague "hundred - spiked" . However the reality convinces you how modest was the popular imagination. The historic center of the town - the most significant urban reservation area - since 1992 has been included in the UNESCO list of the cultural and natural monuments of the worldwide importance. For the 2000 was the Prague ranged with the cultural town of Europe and this appreciating for the Czech Capital of Czech Republic influences its life today.


SOMETHING ABOUT THE HISTORY
…..Prague was composed from several former villages or small towns long time ago. The central Bohemia enticed human to settlement already since primeval stone period. From the 6th century grew up the residence of the Czech ancestors on the opportune places of today's Prague. Later, after 870 year, was founded the Prague castle. There was established bishopric in 973 year. In the 10th century Vyšehrad Castle was established on the opposite bank of the Vltava River - there is since 1085 year the seat of the first Czech king Vratislav I. In 1172 was completed the stone bridge, which was the second one in the central Europe - the Judith's bridge. In the 13th century from the old settlement grew up two medieval towns with all the privileges: the Old Town and the Lesser Town.
After the dying of the domestic dynasty of Premyslides succeeded in 1310th year dynasty of Luxemburg: In the year 1338 was founded Old Town Hall - the symbol of the civic autonomy, in the year the 1344 the Prague bishopric was promoted to archbishopric and it was started the construction of St. Vitus' Cathedral.
In the years 1346- 1378 ruled Charles IV., the Czech king and Roman Emperor. In 1348 - he undertook found the New Town and Charles's University - the first university in the central Europe. The attempts of the clergy at the church reform, connected with the name of the famous Czech priest and preacher Jan Hus, resulted into revolutionary movement in the years 1419- 1437. In the year 1526 - the Hapsburg dynasty comes to the Czech throne and ruled to the 1918 when the declaration of independent Czechoslovakia, Prague became the capitol of the new state.
The development was broken due to the occupation by the Nazi German in the years 1939- 1945. In 1948 - the Communist Party comes to power after the February coup and it enforced the Soviet pattern of society. The Prague Spring, the only attempt for the reform of the socialism in1968, was ended of the intervention of the 5 states of the Warsaw Treaty.
The "Velvet Revolution" in the year 1989 made a note of the end of the power the Communist Party. It was the beginning for the democracy, plurality political system and to the opening form the private of economics.
January 1st, 1993 - was the Czech and Slovak federal republic divided and established the new independent Czech Republic.