This district is named in honour of Jan Žižka, the leader of the Hussite army. It is located southwards of…
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Although Franz Kafka was a Prague citizen born and bred, it was only in 2004 (i.e. eighty years after he…
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Even if you have never heard about Franz Kafka and have never read one of his books (novels The Trial,…
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The Jewish quarter is a small area known as Josefov, named after Emperor Josef II, whose reforms helped to ease…
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Josefov, formerly Jewish Town, came into being from a settlement of Jewish traders and moneychangers that was adjacent to the…
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