This photo journal, part of the Prague series, features the riverfront section of New Town (Nove Mesto) on the east side of the river, beginning south of Charles Bridge & continuing south to Visehrad, the ancient rock fortress. I have added a few pix of the neat manhole covers in the city + pix of the Metro (subway) at the end.
NEW TOWN (Nové Mesto) - is the youngest and largest of the five originally independent towns that comprise the center of Prague. New Town is draped like a crescent around Old Town, but it lacks the
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Map of the areas we visited
On this jaunt, we walked along the east side of the river through a...
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Bellevue Restaurant, on Smetanova Street
which follows the waterfront between Charles Bridge & Legions Bridge. The...
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Legions Bridge
with a glimpse of St Vitus church in the background. Legion Bridges, one of...
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The riverfront street is lined
with wonderful condo & apartment buildings. Smetanovo Street becomes...
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Goethe Institute building
The Goethe-Institute is a non-profit German cultural institution which...
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Closeup
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Sitka Water Tower & Mánes Gallery
are located at the south end of Slovanský Island beside the...
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These riverfront buildings
would have a great view.
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I could live here ;o)
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Taverna Slavia
in one of the best locations in Prague, is located in this classical building...
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The National Theater (Narodni Divadlo),
with its crowned dome & Greek statues, is the jewel of Prague...
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View across the river
with St Vitus in the background.
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Sova Mills on Kampa Island
is now home to “Museum Kampa”, a modern art museum. There were many...
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Unidentified monument
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The base of the monument
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Segway tour group
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The abandoned Vyšehrad Train Station
is an Art Nouveau gem on Svobodova Street in a charming neighborhood of other...
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Closeup
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Creative grafitti on the bank
of the railroad track. Notice the huge dog face?
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The neighborhood near the tracks
just before the old Vysehrad fortress complex, likely the Albertov...
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This looked like the main street
or central business district of this neighborhood, which had some interesting...
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Eyecatching
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Art Nouveau?
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Interesting gables
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Sts Peter & Paul Basilica Towers
are quite visible from down below the Vysehrad rock fortress.
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