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THE OLD TOWN
(Czech: Staré Mesto) is a most beautiful quarter in the city of Prague.
Old Town was the original place of settlement in Prague. In the 14th century, Charles IV expanded the city by founding the New Town. The two parts are separated by Na Príkope street.
Notable places in the Old Town include the Old Town Square or Astronomical Clock. Across the river Vltava is the Lesser Quarter, called Malá Strana in Czech. These two parts of the town are connected by Charles Bridge.

THE astronomical clock
The Prague Astronomical Clock or Prague Orloj (Czech: Pra,,ský orloj, [pra?ski: ?rl?i]) is a medieval astronomical clock. The Orloj is mounted on the southern wall of Old Town City Hall in the Old Town Square.
The Orloj is composed of three main components: the astronomical dial, representing the position of the Sun and Moon in the sky and displaying various astronomical details; "The Walk of the Apostles", a clockwork hourly show of figures of the Apostles and other moving sculptures; and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.

charles bridge
Charles Bridge (Czech: Karluv most) is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river in Prague, Charles Bridge used to be the most important connection between the Old Town, Prague Castle and adjacent areas until 1841.
The bridge is 516 meters long and nearly 10 meters wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of them on the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The Old Town bridge tower is often considered to be one of the most astonishing civil gothic-style buildings in the world. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, erected around 1700.
During the night Charles Bridge is a quiet witness of medieval times. But during the day it changes its face into a very busy place. Painters, owners of kiosks and other traders compete for the attention of numerous tourists crossing the bridge.

malà strana
Malá Strana (in English literally "Little Side", though more frequently referred to as "Lesser Town", "Lesser Quarter", or "Lesser Side") was originally a popular and nowadays also the official name for the former Men,,í mesto pra,,ské ("The Lesser Town of Prague"), one of Prague's historical and oldest boroughs.
Its name comes from its position on the left (west) bank of the river Vltava, on the slopes just below the Prague Castle, in opposition to the larger towns of Prague on the right bank, to which it is conjoined by the Charles Bridge.
In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant centre of the ethnic German civilians of Prague. It also housed a large number of noble palaces while the right-bank towns were comparatively more bourgeois and more Bohemian Czech.
The Petrín lookout tower is located in Malá Strana.
The famous statue of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague is located in the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Malá Strana, Prague. The devotion and the church drawed millions of Roman Catholic faithful to Malá Strana throughout the years.

JOSEFOV
Josefov (also Jewish quarter; Josephstadt in German) is a town quarter and smallest cadastral area of Prague, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. The quarter is often represented by the flag of Prague's Jewish community, a yellow Magen David (Star of David) on a red field.

PRAGUE CASTLE
The Prague Castle (Czech: Pra,,ský hrad) is the castle in Prague where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. The crown jewels of the Bohemian Kingdom are kept here. Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world (according to Guinness Book of Records the biggest ancient castle) at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide.

Heroes:

St. Wenceslas - Prince of Bohemia, Good King Wenceslas
St. Ludmila - grandmother of St. Wenceslas
Adalbert of Prague - the second bishop of Bohemia, the first Czech bishop
Otakar I of Bohemia - King Premysl Otakar I
Otakar II of Bohemia - King Premysl Otakar II
Charles IV - Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
John of Nepomuk - St. John of Nepomuk, Dr. Jan of Pomuk
Jan Hus - preacher, rector of the university
Jan Zizka - the commander of the Hussite armies
Rudolf II - Emperor of Holy Roman Empire
Frantisek Brixi - Czech Baroque composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Austro-German composer
Bernard Bolzano - Famous mathematician
Jan Evangelista Purkyne - Pioneer of cell theory, university professor
Karel Hynek Macha - Famous poet
Josef Kajetan Tyl - Famous writer
John Nepomucene Neumann - St. John Nepomucene Neumann Josef Manes - Famous painter
Mikolas Ales - Famous painter
Bedrich Smetana - Famous composer
Antonin Dvorak - Famous composer
Karel Vaclav Rais - Famous writer
Antonin Chitussi - Famous painter
Frantisek Krizik - Famous inventor
Frantisek Kmoch - famous composer
Alois Jirasek - Famous writer
Antonin Slavicek - Famous painter
Rudolf Friml - Famous Composer, born in Prague
Alfons Mucha - Famous painter
Rainer Maria Rilke - German speaking poet
Franz Kafka - German speaking Jewish writer
Max Brod - German speaking Jewish novelist
Gustav Meyrink - Austrian writer lived in Prague
Franz Werfel - German speaking Jewish writer
Albert Einstein - German speaking Jewish scientist
Karel Capek - Famous writer
Jaroslav Heyrovsky - Nobel Prize winner, professor of chemistry
Otto Wichterle - Famous inventor, professor
Jaroslav Seifert - Nobel Prize winner
Milan Kundera - Famous writer
Jan ,,vankmajer - Famed animator and surrealist
Milo,, Forman - Famous Director
Stanislav Grof - Famous psychologist