The Czech Republic

The Czech Republic

Area: 78,886 square metres

Population: 10,287,189 inhabitants

Member of NATO since 1999

Member of EU since 2004

- The CR is a parliamentary democracy

- The House of Deputies (200 members)

- The Senate (81 members) re-introduced in 1996

- The executive branch is represented by the government and the president.

- President appoints the Prime minister,usually from a winning party, to form a government.

Politics

Mountains- Krkonoše,Šumava,Krušné

Mountains,Jizera Mountains,The Ore Mountains,Jeseníky and Beskydy

- The highest peak is Sněžka (1,602 m)

- The major Czech river is the Elbe rises in Krkonoše

National parks- Krkonoše, Šumava

Nature

The 12 wonders on the UNESCO list

- listed in UNESCO in 1992

The top Czech destination- Prague Castle - St.Vitus Cathedral- Charles Bridges

The Historical Centre of Prague

- listed in UNESCO in 1992

- Český Krumlov is very popular tourist attraction boasts castle, chateaux complex and historical centre

- Vítkovci and Rožmberkové

- Egon Schiele celebrated here

The Historical Centre of Český Krumlov

- The town’s square offers combination of Renaissance and Baroque houses

- Telč also have a chateaux in the town.

The Historical Centre of Telč

- The star shaped pilgrimage church built by Santini-Aichl

- The chuch is characteristic of Baroque-Gothic style

- The building includes a lot of complex symbolsm based on the number five

The Pilgrimage Church of Jan Nepomuk in Zelená Hora

Kutná Hora

- A medieval ming town, which became rich of its silver deposits

- Church of St.Barbara is famous for historical centre in Kutná hora.

- Church of St.Barbara is gothic architecture built. The built was begun to built in 1388, but wasn’t completed untill 1905.

- This chateaux complex is in South Moravia.

- The chateaux complex is combination of Baroque and Neo-Gothic styles stands in the largest park in the CR.

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

- This village is in south Bohemia represents a rural style architecture, known as folk baroque

Holašovice

- Kroměříž Castle was a summer residence of Olomouc bishops

- Kroměříž’s palace is considered a Baroque architecture

- The castle houses have an art collection,including works by Titian.

Kroměříž Castle and Gardens

- Litomyšl Castle is one of the most important examples of Renaissance architecture in Czech Republic

- It is an important venue for cultural events, the most popular is opera festival Smetana’s Litomyšl

Litomyšl Castle

- The town of Olomouc is an important medieval town and a university centre

- The attraction of Olomouc is Baroque memorial column which is the talles in Czech Republic. (35 m)

Holy Trinity Column Olomouc

- The functionalist Villa Tugendhatwas based on a design of a major modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,made in 1928.

Villa Tugendhat in Brno

- Historacal centre of Třebíč includes St.Prokopius’ Romanesque-Gothic basilica

Třebíč