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Another important activity of the municipal parts is the ownership, maintenance and, sometimes, sale of public property, especially public housing. Since 2001, the 57 municipal parts have been grouped into 22 numbered administrative districts ( Czech : správní obvody ), for national-government purposes.
The Old Town of Prague ( Czech: Staré Město pražské, German: Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ends. The moat is now covered up by the streets (from north to south-west) Revoluční, Na ...
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic and as such is the regular seat of its central authorities. Since 24 November 1990, it is de facto again a statutory city, but has a specific status of the municipality and the region at the same time. Prague also houses the administrative institutions of the Central Bohemian Region. Mayor Bohuslav ...
Stone Bell House. / 50.0878000°N 14.422000°E / 50.0878000; 14.422000. The Stone Bell House ( Czech: Dům U Kamenného zvonu) is located at the Old Town Square in Prague. It is located next to the Kinský Palace, on the corner of Old Town Square and Týnská street.
Prague 6, formally the municipal district Prague 6 (Městská část Praha 6), is the largest Prague district.. It is located in the north-west of Prague. It covers 41.54 km 2 and has 100,600 inhabitants (31.12.2008).
Charles Square. Coordinates: 50.076°N 14.421°E. Church of St. Ignatius. Charles Square ( Czech: Karlovo náměstí) is a city square in the New Town of Prague, Czech Republic. At roughly 80,550 m² it is one of the largest squares in the world and was the largest town square of the medieval Europe. [1] [2] Founded in 1348 as the main square ...
1912. Design and construction. Architect (s) Josef Gočár. The House of the Black Madonna ( Czech: Dům U Černé Matky Boží) is a cubist building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by Josef Gočár. The first floor houses a café, while the four upper floors are used by the Museum of Czech Cubism. [1]
The Defenestrations of Prague ( Czech: Pražská defenestrace, German: Prager Fenstersturz, Latin: Defenestratio Pragensis) were three incidents in the history of Bohemia in which people were defenestrated (thrown out of a window). Though already existing in Middle French, the word defenestrate ("out of the window") is believed to have first ...