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Wenceslas Square
A long boulevard at the heart of the New Town, stage for the great moments of modern Czech history.
- Editor's score
- 4.3
- Visit
- 45 min
- Price
- Free
About
Laid out by Charles IV in 1348 as a horse market, the square is now lined with hotels, shops and Art Nouveau facades. Crowds gathered here in 1918, 1968 and during the Velvet Revolution of 1989, and a memorial near the statue of St Wenceslas recalls the students Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc.
Best time to go: Walk up from the lower end towards the equestrian statue and the National Museum at the top.
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