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Little Quarter (Mala Strana) in Prague

 

The Little Quarter (Mala Strana) has changed hardly at all since the 18th century and is full of old houses and beautiful palaces. Located below the Castle, it is joined to the Old Town by a single bridge (Charles Bridge) and its heart is Malostranske Square, overlooked by the imposing Church of St. Nicholas, a masterpiece of Prague Baroque erected between 1703 and 1711.

The Charles Bridge is one of the city’s most famous symbols. Until 1741 it was the only bridge across the Moldava. It is 516 metres long and built of sandstone blocks, strengthened – so the story goes – by mixing eggs into the mortar. Today, banned to traffic and visited every day by hundreds of tourists, it is still one of Prague’s most romantic spots.

The bridge was begun in 1357 on the orders of Charles IV after the only stone bridge, the Judith Bridge, had been swept away when the Moldava River flooded. Work on the bridge lasted until the early 1400s. The bridge is 516 metres long by 10 wide, which meant that in the old days 4 carriages could pass side by side. On either parapet, statues of saints are placed above the 16 piers on which the bridge rests.

From the Old Town, you can reach the bridge via the Mostecka vez Tower, one of the finest and best preserved of the city’s Gothic gates.

a Prague Square

 

Sights not to be missed in Prague

 

» The Old Town

» Jewish Quarter

» Little Quarter (Mala Strana)

» The Castle

» St. George’s Basilica

» New Town (Nove Mesto)