Czech Academy of Sciences

The Czech Academy of Sciences was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences and the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts.
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  • Type: Government building
  • Description: academy of sciences
  • Also known as: “Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic”, “Akademie věd”, “Akademie věd České republiky”, “avcr.cz”, “CAS”, and “The Czech Academy of Sciences”
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and Charles Bridge.

University
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The or FAMU is a film school in , , founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the .

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is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the river in , Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century. is situated 600 metres northwest of Czech Academy of Sciences.

Library
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The is the central library of the . It is directed by the Ministry of Culture. The library's main building is located in the historical Clementinum building in the centre of , where approximately half of its books are kept. is situated 520 metres north of Czech Academy of Sciences.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Josefov and New Town.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the city of in the . is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.

Suburb
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Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Czech Academy of Sciences

Latitude
50.08179° or 50° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.41441° or 14° 24′ 52″ east
Levels
4
Height
26 metres (85 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3CJ7+PQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27908843
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­government
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q374686
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Czech Academy of Sciences” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأكاديمية التشيكية للعلوم”
  • Armenian: “avcr.cz”
  • Armenian: “Չեխիայի գիտությունների ակադեմիա”
  • Asturian: “Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic”
  • Asturian: “avcr.cz”
  • Azerbaijani: “avcr.cz”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çexiya Elmlər Akademiyası”
  • Belarusian: “avcr.cz”
  • Belarusian: “Акадэмія навук Чэхіі”
  • Belarusian: “АН Чэхіі”
  • Belarusian: “Чэская акадэмія навук”
  • Bulgarian: “avcr.cz”
  • Bulgarian: “Чешка академия на науките”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia Txeca de Ciències”
  • Catalan: “avcr.cz”
  • Chinese: “avcr.cz”
  • Chinese: “捷克國家科學院”
  • Chinese: “捷克科学院”
  • Chinese: “捷克科學院”
  • Czech: “Akademie věd České republiky”
  • Czech: “Akademie věd ČR”
  • Czech: “AV ČR”
  • Czech: “AVČR”
  • Dagbani: “avcr.cz”
  • Dagbani: “Czech Academy of Sciences”
  • Dutch: “Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic”
  • Dutch: “avcr.cz”
  • Dutch: “Tsjechische Academie van Wetenschappen”
  • Esperanto: “Akademio de Sciencoj de Ĉeĥa respubliko”
  • Esperanto: “Akademio de Sciencoj de Respubliko Ĉeĥio”
  • Esperanto: “avcr.cz”
  • French: “Académie des sciences de la Rébublique tchèque”
  • French: “Académie des sciences de la République tchèque”
  • French: “Académie tchèque des sciences”
  • French: “ASRT”
  • French: “AV ČR”
  • French: “AVČR”
  • German: “Akademie der Wissenschaften der Tschechischen Republik”
  • German: “Tschechische Akademie der Wissenschaften”
  • Greek: “avcr.cz”
  • Greek: “Τσεχική Ακαδημία Επιστημών”
  • Hebrew: “האקדמיה הצ’כית למדעים”
  • Hungarian: “Akademie věd České republiky”
  • Hungarian: “Cseh Tudományos Akadémia”
  • Irish: “Acadamh Eolaíochtaí na Seice”
  • Irish: “avcr.cz”
  • Italian: “Accademia delle Scienze della Repubblica Ceca”
  • Italian: “AV ČR”
  • Italian: “CAS”
  • Japanese: “チェコ共和国科学アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “チェコ科学アカデミー”
  • Latin: “Academia Scientiarum Bohemica”
  • Latin: “Academia Scientiarum Rei publicae Bohemicae”
  • Persian: “آکادمی علوم چک”
  • Polish: “Akademia Nauk Republiki Czeskiej”
  • Polish: “Czeska Akademia Nauk”
  • Russian: “avcr.cz”
  • Russian: “Академия наук Чехии”
  • Serbian: “avcr.cz”
  • Serbian: “CAS”
  • Serbian: “Czech Academy of Sciences”
  • Slovak: “Akademie věd České republiky”
  • Slovak: “avcr.cz”
  • Slovenian: “Akademija znanosti Češke republike”
  • Slovenian: “avcr.cz”
  • Spanish: “Academia de Ciencias de la República Checa”
  • Spanish: “Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic”
  • Spanish: “CAS”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія наук Чеської Республіки”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія наук Чехії”
  • Ukrainian: “чеська Академія наук”
  • Uzbek: “avcr.cz”
  • Uzbek: “Chexiya fanlar akademiyasi”
  • Uzbek: “Chexiya Fanlar akademiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “avcr.cz”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện hàn lâm Khoa học Cộng hòa Séc”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học Cộng hòa Séc”
  • “avcr.cz”
  • “Czech Academy of Sciences”

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