CONTENT // INTRODUCTION OF THE COUNTRY ... 7 // HISTORY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ... 15 // UNESCO CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE ... 23 // INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE ... 43 // BIOSPHERE RESERVES ... 47 // PRAGUE, THE CAPITAL OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC ... 53 // BOHEMIA ... 67 // CENTRAL BOHEMIA ... 67 // SOUTH BOHEMIA ... 71 // WEST BOHEMIA ... 77 // NORTH BOHEMIA ... 80 // EAST BOHEMIA ... 85 // BOHEMIAN-MORAVIAN BORDERLANDS ... 89 // MORAVIA ... 91 // SOUTH MORAVIA ... 91 // NORTH MORAVIA ... 97 // CZECH SILESIA ... 104 // SPA TRADITION ... 110 // CZECH SPAS AND WELLNESS ... 112 // IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES OF THE COUNTRY ... 118 // SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ... 118 // LITERATURE ... 123 // MUSIC ... 126 // PAINTING ... 127 // FILM ... 128 // SPORT ... 130 // RESÜMEE ... 133 // BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 135