Praha, Czech Republic
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Prague (Czech: Praha) is the capital city of the Czech Republic and also an community located in Fayette County, Texas, United States and also...
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/18/2013
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Prague (Czech: Praha) (
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Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by the Prague Castle (
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Praha is also Czech capital of Texas :-) (
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In past centuries left Bohemia a several waves of emmigrants for political and religious reasons. So, you can find a several others Prague in the world: (
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