Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic. It covers a total area of 496 square kilometres with 1 187 000 inhabitants. The historical centre with a unique panorama of the Prague Castle is an urban conservation area of UNESCO.
Prague is situated in the heart of Europe, on a place that has been an interection of continental merchant routes since time immemorial. It was the seat of Czech princes and kings from the tenth century A.D. In the middle of the 14th.century, Prague was the centre of the Holy Roman Empire and Europe´s third largest city in terms of population. As part of the Hapsburg monarchy, Prague remained the capital of Czech lands, which became the strongest part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in terms of economy during the 19th century.
