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Nove Mesto (New Town)

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Cubist houses
Modernist masterpieces people still live in.
Národní divadlo
All the world's a stage -- a gilt-covered one.
Tancící dum
"Fred and Ginger" give their all for the crowd.
Václavské námestí
The "velvet revolution" started here.
Hrbitov
Vysehrad's cemetary is filled with sleeping giants.

Nové Mesto (New Town)

To this day, Charles IV's building projects are tightly woven into the daily lives of Prague citizens. His most extensive scheme, the New Town, is still such a lively, vibrant area you may hardly realize that its streets, Gothic churches, and squares were planned as far back as 1348. When Prague was fast outstripping its Old Town parameters, Charles IV extended the city's fortifications. A high wall surrounded the newly developed 2 1/2 square km (1 1/2 square mi) area south and east of the Old Town, tripling the walled territory on the Vltava's right bank.