Is the Czech Republic cheaper overall than Poland?

<h3>Is the Czech Republic cheaper overall than Poland?</h3>

It's been a few years since I've been in either country so not too sure about prices between the two these days? I remember the Czech Republic used to be cheaper. Thanks.


<strong>Czech Republic best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by witeczek2002</i><br/>It's still cheaper, though some Czech goods are more expensive than their Polish equivalents.</p>
<p><strong>Inscription recording Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini's gift of this book to the Piarist college in Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov, Czech Republic)</strong>
<img alt="Czech Republic" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7021/6581242809_311cb63e78.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
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Ex libris Principissa[e] Piccolominia[e] Sclacoverdensis
Bibliotheca[e] Scholarum Piarum.

This inscription records Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini's gift of this book to the Piarist college in Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov, Czech Republic). Maria Benigna Francisca of Saxony, Angria and Westphalia was the daughter of Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665) and wife of Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, duca d'Amalfi (1599-1656). This book comes from the Troilo Piccolomini Library, formed originally by her father. Cf. her <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Benigna_Franziska_von_Sachsen-Lauenburg" rel="nofollow">entry</a> in Wikipedia.

Piccolomini's library was given to the Piarist college in Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov, Czech Republic), founded in 1666 and disbanded in 1876. Cf. W. Sommer, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IbwAAAAAcAAJ&amp;ots=gF5cvR9oim&amp;dq=" rel="nofollow">Kurze Geschichte der Stadt Schlackenwerth in Verbindung mit dem Piaristen-Collegium</a> (Schlackenwerth, 1866). According to <a href="http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/rarebooks/archive/2010/07/28/provenance-puzzle-3-solved.aspx" rel="nofollow">this entry</a> in the Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog, &quot;[m]ajor donations to the library included the collection of Princess Maria Piccolomini.&quot; Her father, Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg (1586-1665) had property interests in Ostrov, and her husband, Ottavio Piccolomini-Pieri, duca d'Amalfi (1599-1656) campaigned there.

<b>Established heading:</b> <a href="http://viaf.org/viaf/13460639" rel="nofollow">Piccolomini, Maria Benigna Francisca 1635-1701</a>

Other <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/58558794@N07/tags/piccolominimariabenignafrancisca16351701/">images</a> of books from Maria Benigna Francisca Piccolomini's library.

Penn Libraries call number: GC5 Sch615 539o
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