Places in Prague

Squares, streets, parks and districts you walk through in Prague.

34 entries · updated 2 October 2026

Charles Bridge with its arches swept away after the flood of September 1890

Bohemian Crown Jewels Object
The set of regalia of the Bohemian kings, including the Crown of Saint Wenceslas from the time of Charles IV; kept in the Crown Chamber of St Vitus…
Celetná Street Place
A street in Prague's Old Town between the Powder Tower and Old Town Square; the first section of the Royal Route.
Charles Bridge Place
A stone bridge over the Vltava from the 14th century that connects the Old Town with Malá Strana; the oldest standing bridge over the Vltava in…
Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain Place
The Church of Our Lady beneath the Chain is a Roman Catholic church in the Lesser Town of Prague. It is the conventual church of the Grand Priory of…
Clearance of Josefov Object
The Clearance of Josefov was a wholesale redevelopment of the former Jewish Town and adjoining parts of the Old Town and New Town, made possible by…
Holešovice Place
A district in northern Prague in a meander of the Vltava, which together with neighbouring Bubny formed today's Prague 7; in the 19th and 20th…
Hradčany Square Place
Hradčany Square is a square in Prague in front of the entrance to Prague Castle. It is now a pedestrian zone. The Royal Route led to the Castle across…
Industrial Palace fire Event
A fire that destroyed the left wing of the Industrial Palace at the Prague Exhibition Grounds on 16 October 2008; it was among the largest fires in…
Jan Neruda Person
A Czech poet, writer and journalist (1834–1891), author of Tales of Malá Strana, after whom Nerudova Street in Prague is named.
Josefov Place
A district in the centre of Prague on the site of the former Jewish Town, largely rebuilt during the redevelopment at the turn of the 19th and 20th…
Karlova Street (Prague) Place
Karlova is a street in the Old Town of Prague. It links Křižovnické náměstí by Charles Bridge with Malé náměstí. It runs along the Clementinum and the…
King's Court Place
The vanished residence of Bohemian monarchs in Prague's Old Town from around 1380, on whose site the Municipal House now stands.
Lesser Town Square Place
The main square of Prague's Malá Strana, divided by the Church of St Nicholas into a lower and an upper part.
Letná Plain Place
An undeveloped plateau on Letná in Prague 7, for a long time a military drill ground and a place of large gatherings, including demonstrations in…
Malé náměstí (Prague) Place
Malé náměstí (Little Square) is a square in the Old Town of Prague, west of Old Town Square. It has kept its triangular layout from the Romanesque…
Million Moments for Democracy Organisation
A Czech association founded in 2017 that organises civic demonstrations, petitions and campaigns; in 2019 it held two large rallies on Letná.
Nerudova Street Place
A street in Malá Strana in Prague that climbs from Lesser Town Square to Prague Castle; part of the Royal Route.
Old Town Square Place
The main square of Prague's Old Town, with the Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock, one of the oldest sites of settlement and trade in Prague.
Old Town Square execution Event
The execution of 27 participants in the Bohemian Estates' Uprising on Old Town Square in Prague on 21 June 1621.
Petřín Place
Petřín is a hill in Prague, largely laid out as public parks. Besides the parks on its slopes, it includes the summit with the lookout tower, the…
Prague 2 Place
A city district in the centre of Prague on the right bank of the Vltava, comprising Vyšehrad and parts of Nové Město, Vinohrady and Nusle.
Prague Astronomical Clock Object
The Prague Astronomical Clock is an astronomical clock on the south side of the tower of the Old Town Hall on Old Town Square in Prague. It is first…
Prague Castle Place
A castle complex in Prague, the seat of Bohemian princes and kings since the 9th century and of the presidents of the republic since 1918.
Prague Exhibition Grounds Place
An exhibition and social complex in Prague's Bubeneč district, founded for the Jubilee Land Exhibition of 1891 and managed by the city-owned company…
Renaming of Prague streets and squares Object
The names of Prague's streets, squares, embankments and bridges have changed in the modern era with every major change of the state system. According…
Riegrovy sady Place
Riegrovy sady (Rieger Gardens) is an 11-hectare park in the Vinohrady cadastral area of Prague 2. It lies between Polská, Chopinova, U Rajské zahrady…
Royal Route Place
The historic route of the coronation processions of Bohemian monarchs from the Powder Tower through the Old Town, over Charles Bridge and through Malá…
Sovereign Military Order of Malta Organisation
A Catholic religious order of knights founded in the 11th century in Jerusalem; it has been active in Bohemia since the 12th century, and its Czech…
St Vitus Cathedral Place
St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, founded in 1344 and completed in 1929; the coronation church of the Bohemian kings.
Stromovka Place
The Royal Game Reserve, popularly Stromovka: a landscape park in Prague's Bubeneč on the site of a 13th-century hunting preserve, open to the public…
Újezd nad Lesy Place
Újezd nad Lesy is a cadastral area in south-eastern Prague that forms the city district of Prague 21. The district lies on the border between the…
Vinoř Place
The Praha-Vinoř district on the north-eastern edge of Prague, with a Baroque chateau, Vinořský park and Ctěnice Chateau; it was incorporated into…
Vyšehrad Place
A rocky promontory above the right bank of the Vltava in Prague 2 with remains of a Přemyslid hillfort, a Gothic castle and a Baroque fortress; a…
Wenceslas Square Place
Wenceslas Square is the central square of Prague's New Town. It runs from Můstek to the National Museum building. It is about 750 m long and 60 m wide…

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Charles Bridge with its arches swept away after the flood of September 1890 — Photo: Rudolf Bruner-Dvořák (1864–1921), September 1890 · public domain · Wikimedia Commons