The Czech Republic

Area: 78,886 square metres Population: 10,287,189 inhabitants Member of NATO since 1999 Member of EU since 2004

-The CR is a parliamentary democracy -The House of Deputies (200 members) -The Senate (81 members) re-introduced in The executive branch is represented by the government and the president. -President appoints the Prime minister,usually from a winning party, to form a government. Politics

Mountains -Krkonoše,Šumava,Krušné Mountains,Jizera Mountains,The Ore Mountains,Jeseníky and Beskydy -The highest peak is Sněžka (1,602 m) -The major Czech river is the Elbe rises in Krkonoše National parks -Krkonoše, Šumava Nature

The 12 wonders on the UNESCO list

-listed in UNESCO in 1992 The top Czech destination -Prague Castle -St.Vitus Cathedral -Charles Bridges The Historical Centre of Prague

-listed in UNESCO in Český Krumlov is very popular tourist attraction boasts castle, chateaux complex and historical centre -Vítkovci and Rožmberkové -Egon Schiele celebrated here The Historical Centre of Český Krumlov

-The town’s square offers combination of Renaissance and Baroque houses -Telč also have a chateaux in the town. The Historical Centre of Telč

-The star shaped pilgrimage church built by Santini-Aichl -The chuch is characteristic of Baroque-Gothic style -The building includes a lot of complex symbolsm based on the number five The Pilgrimage Church of Jan Nepomuk in Zelená Hora

Kutná Hora -A medieval ming town, which became rich of its silver deposits -Church of St.Barbara is famous for historical centre in Kutná hora. -Church of St.Barbara is gothic architecture built. The built was begun to built in 1388, but wasn’t completed untill 1905.

-This chateaux complex is in South Moravia. -The chateaux complex is combination of Baroque and Neo- Gothic styles stands in the largest park in the CR. Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

-This village is in south Bohemia represents a rural style architecture, known as folk baroque Holašovice

-Kroměříž Castle was a summer residence of Olomouc bishops -Kroměříž’s palace is considered a Baroque architecture -The castle houses have an art collection,including works by Titian. Kroměříž Castle and Gardens

-Litomyšl Castle is one of the most important examples of Renaissance architecture in Czech Republic -It is an important venue for cultural events, the most popular is opera festival Smetana’s Litomyšl Litomyšl Castle

-The town of Olomouc is an important medieval town and a university centre -The attraction of Olomouc is Baroque memorial column which is the talles in Czech Republic. (35 m) Holy Trinity Column Olomouc

-The functionalist Villa Tugendhat was based on a design of a major modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,made in Villa Tugendhat in Brno

-Historacal centre of Třebíč includes St.Prokopius’ Romanesque-Gothic basilica Třebíč