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Praha, Czech Republic ( UNESCO WHS )




Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavní město Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City.

Situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia, Prague has been the political, cultural, and economic centre of the Czech state for more than 1100 years. The city proper is home to more than 1.2 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 1.9 million.

Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Nicknames for Prague have included "the mother of cities" (Praga mater urbium, or "Praha matka měst" in Czech)", "city of a hundred spires" and "the golden city".


布拉格(捷克语:Praha)是捷克共和国的首都和最大的城市,位于该国的中波希米亚州、伏尔塔瓦河流域。该市地处欧洲大陆的中心,在交通上一向拥有重要地位,与周边国家的联系也相当密切(特别是在地理上恰好介于柏林与维也纳这2个德语国家的首都中间)。2006年3月,布拉格的面积为496 平方千米,人口为118.3万。

布拉格是一座欧洲历史名城。城堡始建于公元9世纪。1345—1378年,在查理四世统治时期,布拉格成为神圣罗马帝国兼波希米亚王国的京城,而达到鼎盛时期,并兴建了中欧、北欧和东欧第一所大学——查理大学。15世纪和17世纪,在布拉格先后由于宗教原因发生2次將人扔出窗外的事件,分别引发了胡斯战争和影响深远的欧洲三十年战争(1618年-1648年)。工业革命以后到第二次世界大战以前,布拉格曾属于欧洲工业较发达的城市之一,在奥匈帝国拥有举足轻重的地位。当时布拉格也曾是一个多民族混居的城市,多元文化是其显著特色,不过经过两次世界大战之后,布拉格已经基本上成为单一捷克民族的城市。在冷战时期,布拉格又发生过数次震动世界的事件:1948年共产党夺权、1968年的布拉格之春和1989年的天鹅绒革命。

布拉格是一座著名的旅游城市,市内拥有为数众多的各个历史时期、各种风格的建筑,从罗马式、哥特式建筑、文艺复兴、巴洛克、洛可可、新古典主义、新艺术运动风格到立体派和超现代主义,其中特别以巴洛克风格和哥特式建筑更占优势。布拉格建筑给人整体上的观感是建筑顶部变化特别丰富,并且色彩极为绚丽夺目(红瓦黄墙),因而拥有“千塔之城”、“金色城市”等美称,号称欧洲最美丽的城市之一。1992年,布拉格历史中心列入联合国教科文组织的世界文化遗产名单。

布拉格也是欧洲的文化重镇之一,历史上曾有音乐、文学等诸多领域众多杰出人物,如作曲家沃尔夫冈·莫扎特、贝多伊奇·斯美塔那、安东尼·德沃夏克,作家弗兰兹·卡夫卡、瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔、米兰·昆德拉等人在该城进行创作活动,今天该市仍保持了浓郁的文化气氛,拥有众多的歌剧院、音乐厅、博物馆、美术馆、图书馆、电影院等文化机构,以及层出不穷的年度文化活动。


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