„Let´s Meet Under the Spots“ CZECH REPUBLIC PRESENTATION Created by Gymnázium bratří Čapků a První české soukromé střední odborné učiliště s. r. o. Created for Comenius Project „Let´s Meet Under the Spots“

ELEMENTARY FACTS small state situated in central Europe. It is called „the heart of Europe“ three historical parts of the country: Bohemia in the west, Moravia in the east and Silesia on the northeast 79,000 km2 10,300,000 inhabitants

OUR NEIGHBOURS NW, W, SE: GERMANY NE: POLAND E: SLOVAKIA S: AUSTRIA

OUR NEIGHBOURS SO, WITH WHO ARE WE THE MOST SIMILAR NATION? Germans? Polish people? Slovaks? Hungarians? In fact, Czech genotyp is one of the mixted in the whole Europe. Slavonian, Celtic, German, Turkish, Hungarian, Jewish… Everyone is our relative!

BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT CITIES PRAGUE (PRAHA) Capital city 1,300,000 inhabitans mythological origin Medieval, renaissance, baroque, and modern architecture Charles University Roman, Gothic, and Baroque Churches River Vltava Castles, Galleries, museums, parks…

BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT CITIES OSTRAVA Modern industrial and culture city 300,000 inhabitans - centre of music, technology, and heavy industry Mining university International music festival Colours of Ostrava Unfortunately, one of the most poluted areas in the whole Europe…

BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT CITIES OLOMOUC Centre of Middle Moravia part UNESCO 100,000 inhabitans University of Palacký Once „capital“ of Moravia gothic, and baroque churches and monuments Astronomical clock Famous dialect

OTHER IMPORTANT CITIES LIBEREC ÚSTNÍ NAD LABEM KARLOVY VARY PARDUBICE HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ PLZEŇ ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE ZNOJMO OPAVA And many others

MOST POPULAR PHENOMENONS IN CZECH REPUBLIC …AND WHO ARE WE, CZECH PEOPLE? MOST POPULAR PHENOMENONS IN CZECH REPUBLIC SOCKER (from 1892!) BEER WINE ICE HOCKEY

Stereotypes? The truth? It´s up to you. FEATURES OF CZECH PEOPLE CZECH PEOPLE SAID TO… LOVE FUN AND HARD JOKES HAVE „GOLDEN HANDS“ (smart) Everybody is the musician be afraid of gypsies Reserved and distant behavior Want to earn much, but work only little The most atheistic nation in the whole Europe Stereotypes? The truth? It´s up to you.

MOST POPULAR CELEBRITIES AND FIGURES Emperor Charles IV President Tomáš Garrique Masaryk President and dramatist Václav Havel Writer and folklorist Božena Němcová Pedagogist, philosopher, writer, and bishop Jan Amos Komenský

AND WHO IS THE BEST ACCORDING TO YOU?

AND OUR COOL SCHOOL!!!

AND OUR COOL SCHOOL!!! Business academy GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL - Humanic and art studies Business academy trades and peofessions: hairdreessers, carpenters, confectioner present and combinated studies

AND OUR COOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHOOL!!! - private, small, friendly, artistic - human education: literature, drama, modern history, politology, law, design Students play „Dog and Pussy Cat – fairy tale wriiten by Josef Čapek

AND OUR COOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHOOL!!! Ball of graduating students - private, small, friendly, artistic - human education: literature, drama, modern history, politology, law, design Ball of graduating students

AND OUR COOL GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHOOL!!! Students´ art - private, small, friendly, artistic - human education: literature, drama, modern history, politology, law, design Students´ art

AND OUR COOL SCHOOL!!! VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

AND OUR COOL SCHOOL!!! VOCATIONAL SCHOOL CREATIVE WORK AND ART OF OUR STUDENTS

AND OUR COOL SCHOOL!!! … AND THE BEST OF ALL: OUR PARTICIPATION ON COMENIUS PROJECT 2011-2013!!!