Prague: Vol.03 - New Town and Wenceslas Square

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A journey through modern Prague, from urban expansion and civic identity to the Velvet Revolution and the city’s contemporary transformation.

Episodes

  1. Aug 11

    Saint Wenceslas and the National Museum

    The monument and museum close the route by connecting medieval statehood with the cultural institutions of the modern Czech nation. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  2. Aug 11

    Prague Spring, Jan Palach and the Velvet Revolution

    This memorial connects the suppression of reform in 1968 with the civic movement that restored democracy in 1989. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  3. Aug 11

    Wenceslas Square and Modern Prague

    From medieval horse market to commercial boulevard, Wenceslas Square became Prague’s principal stage for national celebration, protest and political change. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  4. Aug 11

    Lucerna Passage and Metropolitan Prague

    Lucerna brought cinema, entertainment, commerce and modern engineering together beneath one roof, while its inverted Wenceslas questions Prague’s established national symbols. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  5. Aug 11

    Charles Square and the New Town Hall

    Charles Square reveals how Charles IV planned an imperial city, while the New Town Hall records the religious revolt that transformed Bohemian history. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  6. Aug 11

    Operation Anthropoid and Czech Resistance

    The cathedral and its crypt preserve the final stand of the Czechoslovak soldiers behind one of the most consequential resistance operations of the Second World War. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  7. Aug 11

    The Dancing House and Post-Communist Prague

    The Dancing House uses movement and contrast to express Prague’s renewed cultural confidence after the fall of communism. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  8. Aug 11

    Masaryk Embankment and Metropolitan Prague

    The embankment shows how Prague converted a working riverbank into a prestigious residential boulevard for a modern European city. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  9. Aug 11

    The National Theatre and Czech Cultural Identity

    Built through public commitment and rebuilt after disaster, the National Theatre transformed Czech-language culture into a visible claim for national recognition. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  10. Aug 11

    Legion Bridge and the Modern Riverfront

    Crossing Legion Bridge marks Prague’s transition from historic Malá Strana to the cultural institutions and planned public spaces of the modern city. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  11. Aug 11

    Kampa Island

    The mills and waterways of Kampa reveal how Prague’s river landscape supported everyday work before becoming one of the city’s principal public spaces. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

  12. Aug 11

    Introduction: From Jewish Prague to the Old Town

    This route follows Prague’s evolution from the historic landscape beneath the castle to the cultural and political centre of the modern Czech nation. 📍⁠Chapter's Location

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A journey through modern Prague, from urban expansion and civic identity to the Velvet Revolution and the city’s contemporary transformation.

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