New Town (Nové Město) travel guide

Charles IV always had big plans: The emperor wanted to Prague's most modern city in Europe and new capital of the Holy Roman Empire make. 1348 he was therefore a 2 km ² large area by a wall and cover up with this semi-circular enclosure of the old core of the New Town. The Urbanist tripled so far in one fell swoop the Prague area. Charles IV, but also cared about the details - he determined the size of the houses and gave the history of the roads before. "That at least two teams next match," were roads with a width of up to 25 meters built, also emerged Gothic churches and monasteries. In brief we created three powerful places, the cattle market (Karlovo náměstí), the Ross Market (Wenceslas Square) and the Heumarkt (Senovážné náměstí). Today, most of the limitations of the original New Town as well as the gap disappeared, once the horse market separated from the old town. What remains are the most famous buildings, such as the National Theater (1868-81), the National Museum (1885-90) and the New Town Hall (around 1350). Metro: Muzeum (A, C)