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Hunger Wall Residence
(see 35)
SIGHTS
Prague Castle to Charles Bridge
BRID
BRIDGGE
CHARLES BRIDGE
STREE
STREET
NERUDOVA
( 12, 20, 22)
Following the tourist crowds downhill from the castle via Ke Hradu,
you soon arrive at Nerudova, architecturally the most important street in Malá Strana;
most of its old Renaissance facades were 'baroquefied' in the 18th century. It's named
after the Czech poet Jan Neruda (famous for his short stories,
Tales of Malá Strana
),
dvou slunců; ; Nerudova 47)
from 1845 to 1857.
zlaté podkovy; ; Nerudova 34)
is named after the relief of St Wenceslas above the door-
way - his horse was said to be shod with gold. From 1765 Josef of Bretfeld made his
tertaining Mozart and Casanova. The baroque
Church of Our Lady of Unceasing
24)
was a theatre from 1834 to 1837, and staged Czech plays during the Czech Na-
tional Revival.
Most of the buildings bear house signs. Built in 1566,
St John of Nepomuk
