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Alena Schillerová (born 18 March 1964) is a Czech lawyer and politician. Since 15 December 2025 she has been Deputy Prime Minister and…

The Astronomical Tower, formerly also called the Mathematical Tower, is the dominant feature of the Clementinum in the Old Town of Prague.…

Bata is a shoe company founded in Zlín in 1894 by the siblings Tomáš, Antonín and Anna Baťa. The original Czechoslovak enterprise was…

The Bohemian Crown Jewels are a set of royal insignia comprising the St Wenceslas Crown, the royal sceptre and orb, their leather cases,…

The Březová Reservoir is a dam on the Teplá river in the municipality of Březová near Karlovy Vary in the Karlovy Vary Region. The dam…

Brno is a statutory city, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic and the centre of Moravia. It is the regional capital of the South…

The Capital City of Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic and the seat of the state's highest legislative and administrative bodies.…

Celetná is a street in the Old Town of Prague. It links Náměstí Republiky by the Powder Tower with Old Town Square and is one of the oldest…

The Central Bohemian Region lies in the middle of Bohemia. By area, number of municipalities and population it is the largest region of the…

The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is the lower house of the Czech parliament. After the break-up of…

Charles Bridge is a stone bridge across the Vltava in Prague. It links the Old Town and the Lesser Town, running from Křižovnické náměstí…

The Church of Our Lady before Týn, also called the Týn Church, is a Gothic three-aisled church in the Old Town of Prague. The Heritage…

The Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain is a Roman Catholic church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It is the conventual church of the Grand…

The Church of St Nicholas is a Baroque church in the middle of Lesser Town Square in Prague. It was built as a Jesuit church and, together…

The Clementinum (Klementinum) is a former Jesuit college in the Old Town of Prague between Křižovnické náměstí and Karlova Street. It is…

The Constitutional Court is a body that, in the Czech legal system, decides on constitutional complaints lodged against decisions of the…

The Czech Academy of Sciences is a public institution bringing together scientific institutes engaged in basic research. It is the…

Czech Radio Ostrava is the regional station of the public broadcaster Czech Radio for the Moravian-Silesian Region. It broadcasts news,…

Czech Television is the public service television broadcaster of the Czech Republic. It was established on 1 January 1992 under the Czech…

České Budějovice is a statutory city in South Bohemia and the seat of the South Bohemian Region. The city lies in the České Budějovice…

The D4 motorway is a Czech motorway running from Prague via Příbram to Nová Hospoda, where it connects to road I/20. It links Prague with…

David Pastrňák (born 25 May 1996 in Havířov) is a Czech ice hockey forward. He has played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins since 2014 and…

Dolní Němčí is a municipality in the Zlín Region at the foot of the White Carpathians Protected Landscape Area. It has about 3,000…

The General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic is a health insurer that administers public health insurance. It is based in…

Holešovice is a district in the north of Prague lying in a bend of the Vltava and on the slopes of the Letná hill. Together with the…

The House of the Black Madonna is a Cubist building in the Old Town of Prague at the corner of Celetná Street and Ovocný trh, No. 569. It…

Hradčany Square is a square in Prague in front of the entrance to Prague Castle. It is now a pedestrian zone. The Royal Route led to the…

Hradec Králové is a statutory city in East Bohemia and the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. It lies at the confluence of the Elbe…

The Hradec Králové Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the north-eastern part of Bohemia. Its seat is Hradec Králové, 116…

The Industrial Palace is an exhibition building at the Prague Exhibition Grounds. It was built for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891 and…

The Industrial Palace fire destroyed the left wing of the Industrial Palace at the Prague Exhibition Grounds on the evening of 16 October…

Jan Neruda (1834–1891) was a Czech poet, writer and journalist, the author of the modern Czech feuilleton. Nerudova Street in the Lesser…

Jemnice is a town in the Třebíč District of the Vysočina Region. As of 1 January 2026 it had 3,979 inhabitants.

Jihlava is a statutory city in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and the seat of the Vysočina Region. It lies on both sides of the former…

Jiří Suchý (born 1 October 1931 in Plzeň) is a Czech theatre-maker, actor, lyricist, singer, writer and visual artist. In 1959 he…

Josefov is a quarter in central Prague on the right bank of the Vltava, which grew out of the former Prague Jewish Town. Its main axis is…

Karel Havlíček (born 16 August 1969) is a Czech economist, manager, university teacher and politician. In the government of Andrej Babiš,…

Karlova is a street in the Old Town of Prague. It links Křižovnické náměstí by Charles Bridge with Malé náměstí. It runs along the…

Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad) is a statutory city in West Bohemia and the seat of the Karlovy Vary Region. The spa town lies in the valley of the…

The Karlovy Vary Region lies in the west of the Czech Republic. Its seat and largest municipality is Karlovy Vary. It is the least populous…

The King's Court was a residence of Bohemian rulers in the Old Town of Prague, on the site of today's Municipal House. The Royal Route to…

The Lesser Town Bridge Towers are two towers linked by a gate at the western, Lesser Town end of Charles Bridge. They form the entrance…

Lesser Town Square is the central square of the Lesser Town in Prague. The buildings in its middle, above all the Church of St Nicholas,…

The Letná Plain is a large open space on the Letná hill in the Prague 7 borough. The slopes below the plain towards the Vltava are occupied…

Liberec (Reichenberg) is a statutory city in North Bohemia and the administrative, educational, cultural and economic centre of the Liberec…

The Liberec Region lies in the north of the Czech Republic. Its regional capital is Liberec. By both area and population it is the second…

Malé náměstí (Little Square) is a square in the Old Town of Prague, west of Old Town Square. It has kept its triangular layout from the…

Milan Baroš (born 28 October 1981) is a former Czech football striker and a product of the Baník Ostrava youth system. With Liverpool he…

Million Moments for Democracy (Milion chvilek pro demokracii) is a Czech association based in Prague that organises demonstrations,…

The Moravian-Silesian Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the north-east of the Czech Republic. Its regional capital is…

The Municipal House is a representative building of the City of Prague on Náměstí Republiky, built in 1906–1911 to a design by the…

The National Theatre is a Czech theatre institution based in Prague, and also its historic building at the corner of Národní Avenue and…

Nerudova is a street in the Lesser Town of Prague. It climbs a steep slope from Lesser Town Square towards Prague Castle and continues as…

Odolena Voda is a town in the Prague-East District of the Central Bohemian Region. As of 31 December 2025 it had 6,639 inhabitants. It is a…

The Old Town Bridge Tower is a Gothic tower with a gateway at the eastern, Old Town end of Charles Bridge. It stands on the first pier of…

The Old Town Hall is a group of buildings on Old Town Square in Prague, formed by joining burghers' houses acquired over time. The Prague…

Old Town Square is a square in the Old Town of Prague and one of the oldest places of settlement and economic life in the city. It is very…

The Old Town Square execution was the execution of 27 participants in the Bohemian Estates' uprising on Old Town Square in Prague on 21…

Olomouc is a statutory city on the Morava River and the regional capital of the Olomouc Region. The Olomouc District lies in the…

The Olomouc Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in central and northern Moravia. Its regional capital is the statutory city…

Ostrava is a statutory city in the north-east of the Czech Republic. Since 2000 it has been the seat of the region originally called the…

Pardubice is a statutory city in East Bohemia and the seat of the Pardubice Region. It lies at the confluence of the Elbe (Labe) and the…

The Pardubice Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the eastern part of Bohemia that also extends onto the north-western…

Petřín is a hill in Prague, largely laid out as public parks. Besides the parks on its slopes, it includes the summit with the lookout…

Plzeň (Pilsen) is a statutory city in West Bohemia and the capital of the Plzeň Region. It lies at the confluence of the Radbuza, Úhlava,…

The Plzeň Region lies in the south-west of the Czech Republic. Its regional capital is Plzeň, which lies in the middle of the region. By…

The Police of the Czech Republic is the armed security force of the Czech Republic. It was established by an Act of the Czech National…

The Powder Tower is a Late Gothic tower on the boundary of the Old and New Towns in Prague, at Náměstí Republiky. The Royal Route to Prague…

Prague 2 (Praha 2) is one of the 57 municipal districts of the capital city of Prague. It lies in the city centre and covers the whole…

The Prague Astronomical Clock is an astronomical clock on the south side of the tower of the Old Town Hall on Old Town Square in Prague. It…

Prague Castle is an extensive castle complex in Prague, the seat of Bohemian princes, kings and presidents since the 9th century. It is a…

Prague City Hall is one of the bodies of the City of Prague. It consists of the Director of City Hall and other city employees assigned to…

The Prague City Museum (Muzeum Prahy, formerly also called Muzeum hlavního města Prahy) is a museum that preserves collections devoted to…

The Prague Exhibition Grounds is an exhibition and events complex in Bubeneč, Prague. It was created for the Jubilee Exhibition of 1891,…

The Prague Metro is the underground railway of Prague and the backbone of the city's public transport. It is operated by the Prague Public…

Prague Metro Line C is the oldest line of the Prague Metro. Its first section, between Kačerov and Sokolovská station (today Florenc),…

The Prague Public Transit Company is a joint-stock company whose sole shareholder is the City of Prague. It operates the Prague metro,…

The Prague Ring Road (D0 motorway) is a motorway that, once completed, will encircle Prague and connect nine motorway-standard roads…

Riegrovy sady (Rieger Gardens) is an 11-hectare park in the Vinohrady cadastral area of Prague 2. It lies between Polská, Chopinova, U…

The Royal Route is a historic route in Prague linking the Old Town, the Lesser Town and Hradčany. The coronation processions of Bohemian…

Saint Wenceslas is a national saint and the patron of the Czech land. He was murdered in Stará Boleslav near Prague, a place that has since…

The Senate of the Czech Republic is the upper chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The Constitution vests legislative power in…

Sněžka is the highest mountain in Czechia. It lies in the eastern part of the Krkonoše (Giant Mountains), and the Czech–Polish state border…

The South Bohemian Region lies in the south of Bohemia. Its regional capital is České Budějovice. By area it is the second largest region…

The South Moravian Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the south-east of the Czech Republic. Its seat is Brno, at the…

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Suverénní řád maltézských rytířů; Order of Malta, also known as the Knights Hospitaller or Order of…

The Cathedral of St Vitus, Wenceslas and Adalbert is the cathedral within the grounds of Prague Castle and the seat of the Archbishop of…

Stanislav Přibyl (born 16 November 1971 in Prague) is a Czech Roman Catholic cleric and member of the Redemptorist congregation. Since 25…

Stará Boleslav is a historic part of the town of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav in the Prague-East District of the Central Bohemian…

Stromovka, officially Královská obora (the Royal Game Reserve), is a park in Prague's cadastral area of Bubeneč. It is one of the largest…

The Supreme Administrative Court is the highest judicial body of the Czech Republic in matters of administrative justice. The Constitution…

The third government of Andrej Babiš is the government of the Czech Republic formed by the ANO movement, SPD and Motoristé sobě. President…

Tomas Bata University in Zlín (UTB) is a public university based in Zlín. It was established by Act No. 404/2000 Coll., effective 1 January…

The Trade Fair Palace is a functionalist building on Dukelských hrdinů Street in Prague's Holešovice. It was built in 1925–1928 by the…

Týn nad Vltavou is a town in the České Budějovice District of the South Bohemian Region. It lies on both banks of the Vltava near its…

Újezd nad Lesy is a cadastral area in south-eastern Prague that forms the city district of Prague 21. The district lies on the border…

Ústí nad Labem is a statutory city in North Bohemia and the seat of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It lies in the Elbe (Labe) valley within the…

The Ústí nad Labem Region lies in the north-west of the Czech Republic. Its seat and largest municipality is Ústí nad Labem.

University Hospital Ostrava is a university hospital located on 17. listopadu Street in Ostrava-Poruba. It has 1,233 beds, more than 4,200…

Václav Havel (1936–2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist and politician. He was President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and the…

Villa Müller (Müllerova vila) is a family house in Střešovice, Prague, built in 1928–1930 to a design by Adolf Loos in collaboration with…

Praha-Vinoř municipal district on the north-eastern edge of Prague, with a Baroque château, Vinořský Park and Ctěnice Château; annexed to…

Vít Rakušan is a Czech politician, a member of the Chamber of Deputies and chairman of the STAN movement. He acts as a critic of the…

The Vltava is the longest river in the Czech Republic. From its source below Černá hora in the Šumava it measures 430 kilometres and joins…

Vyšehrad is a rocky promontory above the right bank of the Vltava and a cadastral area of 0.36 km² lying entirely within the Prague 2…

The Vysočina Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the central part of the Czech Republic. Its regional capital is Jihlava,…

Wenceslas Square is the central square of Prague's New Town. It runs from Můstek to the National Museum building. It is about 750 m long…

Zhůří is a defunct village in the Šumava (Bohemian Forest) in the Klatovy area of the Plzeň Region. It lies within Šumava National Park, in…

Zlín is a statutory city and the centre of the Zlín Region. According to the Czech Statistical Office, it had 74,684 inhabitants on 1…

The Zlín Region is a higher self-governing territorial unit in the east of the Czech Republic. The regional authority is based in Zlín, on…

Zlín Zoo is a zoological garden at Lešná near Zlín. It is founded and mainly funded by the statutory city of Zlín. Its exhibits are…