Prague
Capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
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Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Located on the Vltava River, the city has a population of about 1.4 million, making it the twelfth-largest city in the European Union. Its metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people.
Prague is a historical city with Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War, and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
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Kingdom of Bohemia
Monarchy in Central Europe (1198–1918)
Czechoslovakia
1918–1992 country in Central Europe
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Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Territory of Nazi Germany (1939–1945)
0.4 mi awayCzechoslovak Socialist Republic
State in Europe from 1948 to 1989
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Lands of the Bohemian Crown
Incorporated states in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods
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Prague astronomical clock
Medieval astronomical clock in the Czech Republic
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