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This is a chronological list of capitals of France. The capital of France has been Paris since its liberation in 1944. Chronology. Tournai (before 486), current-day Belgium; Soissons (486–936) Laon (936–987) Paris (987–1419), the residence of the Kings of France, although they were consecrated at Reims.
- Foundation of Prague
- Prague During The Twentieth Century
- The Velvet Revolution
The land where Prague now lays was first inhabited by the Boii, a Gallic tribe after whom the region Bohemiawas named. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes settled in the region and during the sixth century the Slavic tribes established themselves in the area. By the ninth century, the city was called Prague. During this peri...
With the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I, the state of Czechoslovakia was created in 1918, choosing Prague as the capital city. In March 1939, Prague was invaded by the Nazi troops and was made a German protectorate. At the end of World War II, Prague was under the control of the Soviet Union and thus under a Communist reg...
Making the most of the Soviet crisis, on the 17th November, 1989, in Prague, students and dissidents demonstrated peacefully against the Communist Party for over a month, resulting in the end of Communist rule in the country. Since then, this demonstration has been called the Velvet Revolution or Gentle Revolution. In 1993, Czechoslovakia was divid...
Twenty-seven Prague commoners and Czech noblemen were executed on the Staroměstské Square in 1621; the city ceased to be the capital of the empire, was occupied by Saxons (1631) and Swedes (1648), and went into a decline hastened by two outbreaks of plague. Prague - Bohemian, Czech, Capital: For thousands of years that portion of the Vltava ...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Prague . Prague. Prague , City (pop., 2001 est.: 1,178,576), capital of the Czech Republic. Situated on both sides of the Vltava River, the site was settled as early as the 9th century ce.
Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava River in central Bohemia , it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. Since 1992, its historic center has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites .
History of the City Introduction Prague. The capital of the Czech Republic is our most valuable urban conservation area. In 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register. Prague was one of the nine cities awarded by the European Community the title of European ...
In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul. Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.4 million people.
