<P> During the thousand years of its existence, the city grew from a settlement stretching from Prague Castle in the north to the fort of Vyšehrad in the south, becoming the capital of a modern European country, the Czech Republic, a member state of the European Union . </P> <P> The region was settled as early as the Paleolithic age . Around the fifth and fourth century BC, the Celts appeared in the area, later establishing settlements including an oppidum in Závist, a present - day suburb of Prague, and giving name to the region of Bohemia, "home of the Boii". In the last century BC, the Celts were slowly driven away by Germanic tribes (Marcomanni, Quadi, Lombards and possibly the Suebi), leading some to place the seat of the Marcomanni king Maroboduus on the southern Prague's site Závist . Around the area where present - day Prague stands, the 2nd century map of Ptolemaios mentioned a Germanic city called Casurgis . </P> <P> In the late 5th century AD, during the great Migration Period following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes living in Bohemia moved westwards and, in the 6th century, the Slavic tribes settled Central Europe and the area of present - day Prague . In the following century, the Czech tribes built several fortified settlements in the area, most notably in Levý Hradec, Butovice and in the Šárka valley . </P> <P> The construction of what came to be known as the Prague Castle began near the end of the 9th century, with a fortified settlement already existing on the site in the year 800 . The first masonry under Prague Castle dates from the year 885 at the latest . The other prominent Prague fort, the Přemyslid fort Vyšehrad, was founded in the 10th century, some 70 years later than Prague Castle . Prague Castle is dominated by the cathedral, which was founded in 1344, but completed in the 20th century . </P>

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