Czech Republic

The Czech Republic (before Czechoslovakia), is made up of three regions (Bohemia, Moravia y Silesia), located within the heart  of Central  Europe surrounded by Germany, Poland, Austria y Slovakia. It has a population of nearly over 10 million inhabitants, it hosts and it is the origin of many famous celebrities.

 

 

 

Famous personalities born in the Czech Republic.

Rey Carlos IV (King), T.G.Masarýk (First Chechoslovak president), Václav Havel, Madeline Albright (politicians), Franz Kafka, Karel Čapek, Milán Kundera, Edvard Beneš (writers) , Comenius (pedagogist), Otto Wichterle (contact lense's inventor), Sigmund Freud (Psicoanalist), Jaroslav Seifert (Literature Nobel Prize), Vera Časlavksa (gymnastics Olympic champion), Leoš Janacek, Antonín Dvořak (music composer), Gregor Mendel(chemist), Martina Navratilova, Ivan Lendl (tennis players), Pavel Nedvěv, Petr Čech (football players), Jan Saudek (photographer),Eva Hergzígova,Tatiana Kuchařova(models), Miloš Forman (Oscar Award winning Director),František Kupka y Alfons Mucha (painters).

Did you know that....? . Thanks to the Czech Republic

.Is located the oldest University of Central and Eastern Europe (Karlova Univerzitie)

... The famous  words Robot  and  Dolar (by writer Karel Čapek), exist in the dictionary

..Beers like Budveiser(the original one) and  Pilsner Urquell are elaborated  Also, it is the country which drinks more liters of beer per cápita in the world (163 liters of beer every year).

. The song with the greatest number of language translations in the world "Škoda lásky"  ("Roll out the barrel") was composed by Jaromír Vejvoda. Also, it is the country where the Polka rhythm originated.

.The technology nanospiderwas invented, that allows industrial textiles not knitted be made out of nanofibers.

...Thetablet that prolongues the life of people with AIDS sickness (by chemist Antonín Holý) and other medicines against cancer.

.The Škoda  auto brand and Tesla electric devices are manufactured.