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City Page about Prague

                            Basic Information about Prague:
Location: Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river
Capital: Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
Population: The city proper is home to about 1.3 million people
National Language: Czech
Currency: Czech Koruna (CZK)
(Approximate rates - 1 USD =18 CZK,  1 EUR = 24 CZK )
Religion: Catholic, Protestant and Atheists
Climate: The city has a temperate oceanic climate with warm summers and chilly winters

                                       Short Overview of History:

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Anglo-American Univesity in Prague:

Fall Semester (September - December)
Winter Short-Term Intersession (January)
Spring Semester (February - June)
Summer Semester (June, July)

Charles Univesity in Prague:

Fall Semester (September - December)
Spring Semester (February - June)
Summer Semester (June, July)

Univesity of Economics in Prague:

Fall Semester (September - December)
Spring Semester (February - June)
Summer Semester (June, July)

Minimum GPA 3.0

Minimum GPA 2.5

Minimum GPA 2.0

Jagiellonian Univesity in Krakow:

Fall Semester (September - December)
Spring Semester (February - June)
Summer Semester (June, July)

Minimum GPA 2.0

Corvinus Univesity in Budapest:

Fall Semester (September - December)
Spring Semester (February - June)

Minimum GPA 2.7

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•	Prague has been a political, cultural and economic centre of Europe and particularly central Europe during its 1,100 year existence!
•	Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's and the world's most popular tourist destinations!
•	It is the sixth most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin!
•	Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of twentieth century Europe
•	Since 1992, the extensive historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites, making the city one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe
•	Prague receives more than 4.1 million international visitors annually

                                                    Culture:

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Also, we have two more European locations: Hungary and Poland:

•	Prague is traditionally one of the cultural centres of Europe, hosting many cultural events
•	Prague boasts more than ten major museums, along with countless theaters, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits
•	It contains one of the world's most pristine and varied collections of architecture, from Art Nouveau to Baroque, Renaissance, Cubist, Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern
•	Also, Prague is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including the famous Charles University

•	During the thousand years of its existence, the city grew from a settlement stretching from Prague Castle to the fort of Vysehrad, becoming the multicultural capital of a modern European state, the Czech Republic, a member state of the European Union
•	For centuries, during the Gothic and Renaissance eras, Prague was the permanent seat of two Holy Roman Emperors and thus was also the capital of the Holy Roman Empire
•	Later it was an important city in the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after World War I became the capital of Czechoslovakia
•	The city played major roles in the Protestant Reformation, the 30 Years' War
•	Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992
•	On January 1st, 1993; Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia