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Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated on the Vltava river in central Bohemia, it is home to approximately 1.2 million people. (It can be derived from jobs statistics, however, that an additional 300,000 work there without having registered as residents.) Prague is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Nicknames for Prague have included "city of a hundred spires", "the golden city", "the Left Bank of the Nineties", the "mother of cities", and "the heart of Europe". Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Template:/box-footer Doctoral diploma from 1905 for the astronomer Friedrich Hopfner The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest, largest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). As the first university in Central Europe, it attracted number of scholars from the region, mostly from neighbouring German states of the Holy Roman Empire of which was Prague the capital at that time, and therefore it is in Germany sometimes mentioned as the first German university as well (Karlsuniversität), despite the first university in German-speaking world was established in Vienna (1365) and the first university in present-day Germany in Heidelberg (1386). According to the recent Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University it was qualified 203-300th in the complete list and 80-123rd at the ranking of European universities as the leading university in the region of Central and Eastern Europe, together with the University of Szeged in Hungary. (more...) Template:/box-footer Katedrála sv. Víta (Veitsdom) That Prague was briefly the capital of the Holy Roman Empire in 1355 - 1400 and 1576 - 1608? That the Prague Castle is the biggest ancient castle in the world? That the Strahov Stadium in Prague is the largest stadium in the World, seating nearly 250,000? That Linkin Park's video for "From the Inside" was shot in Prague? Template:/box-header Main Article Prague Buildings and Architecture Castles of Prague Museums of Prague Culture in Prague Prague Festivals Other Categories History of Prague Transportation in Prague Prague's People Education in Prague Districts of Prague The following Wikimedia sister projects provide more on this subject: What are portals? List of portals Featured portals

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