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Prague Castle at night Charles Bridge Bridges of Prague St. Vitus Cathedral Old Town Square in Prague, Town Hall Tower and astronomical clock The astronomical clock Vltava River Týn Church – a view from east of Prague The Church of St. Nicolas The Jerusalem Synagogue, built in 1905 to 1906 by Wilhelm Stiassny, of Bratislava, is the largest Jewish place of worship in Prague.
On the streets of Prague, Brian Harris drew inspiration from the vivid imagery of Czech photographer Josef Koudelka in 1968. During the Prague Spring, officials had called a mass meeting urging ...
1993 – 1 January: Prague becomes capital of the Czech Republic. [6] 1995 – U.S. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty headquartered in city. [36] 1996 City hosts World Congress of Esperanto; manifesto drafted. Dancing House built. 1997 – Via Foundation headquartered in city. 1998 – University of New York in Prague established. 1999 - Prague ...
Czechoslovakia became a satellite state of the Soviet Union; it was a founding member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) in 1949 and of the Warsaw Pact in 1955. The attainment of Soviet-style "socialism" became the government's avowed policy.
The First Czechoslovak Republic emerged from the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in October 1918. The new state consisted mostly of territories inhabited by Czechs and Slovaks, but also included areas containing majority populations of other nationalities, particularly Germans (22.95 %), who accounted for more citizens than the state's second state nation of the Slovaks, [1] Hungarians ...
Prague (/ ˈ p r ɑː ɡ / PRAHG; Czech: Praha ⓘ) [a] is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic [9] and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.4 million people.
This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
Czech description read Radio Prague online history - short text; History of Bohemia until 1914 – from Catholic and German point of view; History of Moravia until 1914 – from Catholic and German point of view; History and archaeology of Czech Republic and central Europe – Czech published academic journal (in English)