Portál Pražana
Visit Prague
The vitality of Prague relates not only to the quality of its architecture and performing arts but also to the quality of life of its inhabitants, its level of educational development and the reach of its cultural resonance.
Over its thousand year existence, Prague has always been a crossroads of merchant and diplomatic routes. Due to its strategic location, it has developed into a vital meeting place for people from near and distant countries. It is one of the oldest political, economical and cultural centers of Central Europe. Prague has long been the administrative and governing base for the often changing boundaries of the region. Its significance has always exceeded the borders of the country and even of the Central European region. In its “heyday”, Prague had all-European and worldwide significance.
Since its origin countless outstanding personalities from European culture and history have visited Prague. Within its one thousand years, the unique wealth of monuments in the city developed alongside its character and genius loci. Despite the unstoppable pressure of innovations and the invasion of modern tourism, Prague is one of the most culturally impressive cities of the continent.