Karlovo namesti Review

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Karlovo námestí

  • Address: Bounded by Reznická on north, U Nemocnice on south, Karlovo nám. on west, and Vodickova on east, Nové Mesto, Prague, Bohemia

Fodor's Review:

This square began life as a cattle market, a function chosen by Charles IV when he established the New Town in 1348. The horse market (now Wenceslas Square) quickly overtook it as a livestock-trading center, and an untidy collection of shacks accumulated here until the mid-1800s, when it became a green park named for its patron.

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