The Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is located in the heart of Europe, bordering Germany to the west, Poland to the north, the Slovak Republic to the east, and Austria to the South. Its two main regions, Bohemia and Moravia, are connected by a developed road and rail network. The Czech Republic covers an area of appropriately 79.000 square kilometers and its population as of the last census (March 1991) was estimated to be approximately 10,3 million inhabitants. Approximately one quarter of the population live in five principal cities, the largest of which is Prague, the capital, with an estimated 1,2 million inhabitants.

The City of Prague
The city lies at the crossroads of Europe, and its spirit has been formed and deformed by the cataclysmic pressures of a millennium of continental upheaval. Situated in the center of Bohemia, Prague is celebrated for its magnificently preserved buildings and monuments built in Romanesque, Gothic, baroque, Renaissance and Neo-Latin styles. The Prague Castle, an ancient royal palace and today the seat of the President, personifies the architectural magnificence and sophistication of the city. There you will also find St Vitu´s Cathedral, one of the grandest churches of the 14th century. Sloping from the castle to the left bank of the Vltava, Mala Strana´s swirling canopy of orange tiles and chalky-green domes covers one of the finest Baroques preserves in Europe.