Prague (Praha)

Prague is the capital and simultaneously the biggest city in the Czech Republic. Due to its geographic position, Prague is often considered as the city lying right in the heart of Europe. Others favor the phrase “hundred-towered Prague“ for its large amount of historical buildings with towers.
The magical city of bridges, cathedrals, gold-tipped towers and church domes, whose image has been mirrored in the surface of the Vltava river for more than ten centuries. Prague is also a modern European metropolis full of energy, music, and art.
Prague has a large number of monuments. The most known is probably the Prague Castle, which was founded in the ninth century and become the metropolis of the medieval Czech state.
Prague castle is part of Hrad?any and it is considered the most valuable monument of the Czech Republic. It was the residence of the Czech kings in the past and since 1918 it has become the residence of country’s presidents.
Fourteen Prague’s bridges span the river Vltava. The oldest and the most valuable bridge was built in 1357 and bears the name of its founder, the Emperor Charles IV – the Charles Bridge. It is the main part of Royal Way, the famous coronation route of Czech kings connecting the Old Town with the Prague Castle.

