City Quarters
Prague used to be known as the ‘Five Towns’, and although it has now been divided into 10 separate districts, most visitors concentrate on the five historic towns: Hradčany, Staré Město (Old Town), Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter), Nové Mesto (New Town) and the Jewish Quarter (Josefov).
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The New Town
The New Town (Nové Město) was founded by the emperor Charles IV, in the year 1348. It was the most extensive urbanistic act in Prague…
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The Old Town
The Old Town (Staré Město) creation was consummated after the year 1230 by building fortifications around the town area. For two to three centuries, there…
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Josefov
Josefov, formerly Jewish Town, came into being from a settlement of Jewish traders and moneychangers that was adjacent to the ancient ford over Vltava River…
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Lesser Town (Malá Strana)
The Little Quarter (Mala Strana), originally called the New Town of Prague and later on called The Minor Town of Prague, was founded by the…
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Hradčany and Castle
Hradcany were, as the third town of Prague, founded at the beginning of the 14th century by a Royal Count Berka from Dube. At that…
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