International Conference on Engineering Education and Research
”Progress Through Partnership”
Olomouc and Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic
June 27-30, 2004
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iCEER 2004
International Conference on Engineering Education and Research ”Progress Through Partnership” Olomouc and Bouzov Castle, Czech Republic June 27-30, 2004 |
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The capital city of the Czech Republic is our most valuable historical city reserve. In 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register.
"Praga caput regni" has been inscribed in the Prague´s coat of arms. Since its beginnings Prague has always played an important role in the history of the nation, the country and Europe. Since the Middle Ages Prague has been famous as one of the most beautiful cities of the world, and has been attributed adjectives such as "golden", "hundred-spired", "the crown of the world", "a stone dream". Through many centuries prominent personalities paid homage to it. W. A. Mozart, L. van Beethoven, F. M. Dostojevsky, A. Rodin, G. Apollinaire, P. I. Tchaikovsky, O. Kokoschka and also the British Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II professed their beguilement by its attractiveness and architectural beauty. The native town is reflected in the works of Jan Neruda, Karel Capek, Jaroslav Hasek, Jaroslav Seifert, Franz Kafka, Max Brod or Egon Erwin Kisch. Prague represents a unique collection of historical monuments dominated by the Prague Castle, which towers high above the city. It is a specimen of all artistic styles and movements. The historical core of the city is situated on both banks of the Vltava River and consists of 6 parts - formerly independent urban units unified in the 18th century. They are as followed: Stare Mesto (Old Town), Josefov (the preserved part of the former Jewish Town - today a part of the Old Town), Nove Mesto (New Town), Mala Strana (Lesser Town), Hradcany and Vysehrad. Naturally, most of the historical monuments, museums and galleries are concentrated right there.
Prague has a lot of hotels, you can choose every of them. We prepared the reservation on these hotels:
Prague has a good international transport connection. Prague international airport is located on the north-west
city edge. For more information, fly schedule etc. go to the Czech Airlines web page http://www.csa.cz.
Transport from/to the airport:
There are several possibilities how to reach the airport: car, bus, taxi or minibus.
Czech Republic has also very good train and bus lines structure. Many of high quality InterCity and EuroCity trains connects Prague with the main European cities. For more information, time schedule etc. go to the IDOS web page http://www.idos.cz/ (Do not be astonished because some of information is in Czech language even on the English pages).
Costs of transport from Prague to Olomouc (conference venue) is included in workshop fee for all workshop participants. It will be served by special busses, which will be arranged at workshop hotels on Sunday June 27, 2004 at 10 a.m.
Workshop will be held in the historical building of Senat - Upper Chamber of Parliament of the Czech Republic. Go to the official web page http://www.senat.cz for more information about Senat.
