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In 1968 a movement known as the Prague Spring attempted a series of liberalizing reforms from within the government, only to be crushed by Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union. In 1989, non-violent protests in Prague's Wenceslaus Square toppled the Communist government in the Velvet Revolution (so named because of the lack of bloodshed). The new democracy elected as its president the prominent Czech playwright and philosopher Vaclav Havel, who follows in a long tradition of Prague artists, including composer Antonin Dvorak and writer Franz Kafka. In 1993 Czechoslovakia split into two parts, with Prague remaining as the capital of the Czech Republic. Today Prague has become a center for tourism, attracting visitors who come to admire architectural and cultural landmarks such as the 14th-century Tın Church, or the Old Jewish Cemetery. Europe's oldest Jewish burial ground, it attests to Prague's historically numerous Jewish residents, almost all of whom perished in the Holocaust.
With its castle, the bridges along the Vltava river and the romantic streets in the Old Town, Prague (Praha) had always been an attractive destination for travellers. There is no gay epicenter in Prague. But as the Vinohrady district tends to become the hedonist's and stylish quarter of Prague you will find many of the gay locations there. Also, if you are tired of the uninspired and heavy Czech cuisine and the gastronomical tourist's traps in the Old Town, this is the district to go for eating out.
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Prague
(in Czech, Praha; in German Prag), the capital of the Czech Republic and
its largest city, is one of Europe's great cultural centers. Its picturesque
towers and church steeples have lent it the name "The City of a Hundred
Spires." Prague was first settled in the ninth century by the Premyslid
dynasty, which remained in power for nearly 500 years. In the mid-fourteenth
century the Bohemian king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV founded Charles
University in Prague. He was also responsible for the construction of
the renowned Charles Bridge spanning the Vltava River, which remains a
major tourist attraction. In 1526 the Hapsburgs came to power in Prague,
and not until the end of World War I and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire did they relinquish control of the city. In 1918 Prague became
the capital of the newly formed democratic republic of Czechoslovakia,
which after World War II was ruled by a Communist regime.
