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PRAGUE, CITY OF KAFKA
PRAGUE IS BUILT ON SEVEN HILLS JUST LIKE ISTANBUL. DESIGNATED AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES IN EUROPE BY A WIDE AUDIENCE, PRAGUE IS ALSO KNOWN BY NAMES SUCH AS "GOLDEN CITY," "LEFT BANK OF THE NINETIES," "FAIRY TALE CITY," "MOTHER OF CITIES" AND "HEART OF EUROPE." PRAGUE BEARS THE SHADOW OF FRANZ KAFKA. YOU WILL FEEL THE PRESENCE OF THE AUTHOR, WHO WROTE WORLD- FAMOUS WORKS SUCH AS THE METAMORPHOSIS, THE TRIAL, AND THE CASTLE. THE CITY, WHICH ATTRACTS A LOT OF TOURISTS EVEN FOR KAFKA SOLELY, HAS 5 NOBEL PRIZES. THE CITY HAS ATTRACTED A LOT OF ATTENTION IN TERMS OF TOURISM IN RECENT YEARS.
Prague, the Czech Republic's capital and largest city, has been the country's political, cultural and economic centre for more than 1000 years. The city, which was established
on a wide bend of the Vlata River, is in the middle of Berlin and Vienna. Since 1992, Prague's historic centre has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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