This capital of the Czech Republic is the political, economic and cultural centre of the state. The president, government and parliament residences are located here. Prague is the centre of academic and vocational education, the seat of the Academy of Sciences and of a number of other research and scientific institutes.

It is a significant European cultural centre which includes a number of theatres, museums, galleries and exhibition halls. It is a European crossroad.Prague contains an extremely large number of significant architectural buildings dating from all periods. The historic town centre, which extends over an area of 866 ha, has been included in the UNESCO World Cultural And Scientific Heritage list since 1992. Prague is also one of nine cities, which were awarded the title of "European metropolis of culture in 2000” by the European Union.(http://www.praha-emk2000.cz).