Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
Roof detail, New Town Hall
Right
National Theatre
New Town
F
OUNDED IN 1348
, New Town
(Nové M
∂
sto)
is hardly new. Charles IV's
urban development scheme imposed straight avenues on the settlements
springing up outside the old city walls and added a fifth town to the
constellation of Vy
√
ehrad, Hrad
≤
any, Old Town and Malá Strana. Unlike the
Old Town, New Town was a planned grid of streets and markets.
The horse market became Wenceslas Square in the 19th
century; the 14th-century cattle market, and Europe's
largest square, took on Charles's name, becoming
Karlovo Nám
∂
stí. The hay market, Senová
≈
né
nám
∂
stí, kept its title until the Communists
changed it for a time to honour the Russian
novelist Maxim Gorky. Since the Velvet Revolution
was played out on Národní and Wenceslas Square,
these and surrounding streets have been filled
with exciting enterprises.
q
2
NÁM∑STÍ
REPUBLIKY
Starom∂stská
STAROM
∑
STSKÉ
NÁM
∑
STÍ
q
CELETN
Á
n
Nám∂stí
Republiky
HYBERNSKÁ
Statue, Franciscan Gardens
MALÉ
NÁM∑STÍ
n
V A
SENOVÁΔNÉ
NÁM∑STÍ
A
v
3
v
Sights
ANENSKÉ
NÁM∑STÍ
BETLÉMSKÉ
NÁM∑STÍ
q
1
M∞stek
Wenceslas Square
v
2
Nám∂stí Republiky
1
q
v
Národní
t∫ída
M∞stek
3
4
Na P∫íkop∂
v
q
5
v
VÁCLAVSKÉ
NÁM∑STÍ
WENCESLAS
SQUARE
4
Franciscan Garden
v
6
5
Národní t∫ída
OS T
Nové M∂sto
New Town
q
6
Muzeum
National Theatre
7
v
v
The Globe Bookstore
and Coffeehouse
7
9
8
Karlovo nám∂stí
9
New Town Hall
8
0
v
Palackého nám∂stí
v
v
v
RESSLOVA
q
NÁM∑STÍ I.
P. PAVLOVA
KARLOVO
NÁM∑STÍ
Karlovo
nám∂stí
v
q
I.P. Pavlova
Karlovo
nám∂stí
q
v
0
400
yards
0
metres
400
104
Although some locals still call Senová
≈
né nám
∂
stí “Gorká
≤
, it has
returned to its old name on maps.
