Prague, Czech Republic is home to the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, the Old Town Square, Josefov, Petřín and Vyšehrad. The city is also known as the Heart of Europe, the Golden City, the City of a Hundred Spires and the Mother of Cities.
Prague was included in Lonely Planet‘s list of 10 best cities to visit in 2024. The list is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the travel guide book publisher founded in 1973.
Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of World Heritage Sites. The city hosted the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Summit in 2000 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in 2002.
In 2017, Prague ranked fifth among the most visited cities in Europe. In 2019, Mercer ranked Prague as the 69th most livable city in the world.
Ice hockey players Jakub Vrána, 27, and Daniel Vladař, 26, were both born in Prague. Also born in the city, Bohuslav Svoboda, 79, assumed office as the mayor of the city on February 16, 2023.
Petr Pavel, 61, is the fourth and incumbent president of the Czech Republic. He assumed office on March 9, 2023.
On November 18, 2023, Vanesa Švédová, 20, will represent the Czech Republic at Miss Universe 2023 in San Salvador, El Salvador. She is from Přerov, Czech Republic, which is around 288 kilometers away from Prague.
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