PRAGUE CZECH REPUBLIC Puok, Cambodia February 2012.
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PRAGUECZECH REPUBLIC
Puok, CambodiaFebruary 2012
Where do we come from?
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
CambodiaCambodia9000 km
9000 km
• 1918 – declaration of independence from the Austro-Hungarian EmpireCzechs, Slovaks, Jews and Germans live in peace along
Modern history of Czechoslovakia
T. G. Masaryk1st president of Czechoslovakia
• 1939 – German occupation → World War II
• 1945 – end of war, liberation by Soviet and American Armies
• 1948 – communistic putschStalinism, oppression, normalisation, secret police, censorship
Modern history of Czechoslovakia
Iron Curtainborder between East and West
• 1989 – Velvet Revolutionpeaceful comeback to democracy, Charter 77
Modern history of Czechoslovakia
Václav Havel (1936-2011)1st president of Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic after the fall of communism
• the capital of the Czech Repulbic• “Heart of Europe”• one of the most beautiful cities in the world
with ancient history and dynamic presence• the extensive historic centre of Prague was
included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1992
• historic melting pot of European civilisation and religions
PraguePraha (in Czech)
Old Jewish Cemeteryin use from 15th to 18th century
baroque interior of St. Catharina catholic church
Panorama of the Prague Castlewith the main cathedral of the country, St. Vitus Cathedral
River Vltava, with its numerous bridges, forms a natural axis of the city of Prague
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