Lesser Town Square - Prague, Czech Republic.
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N 50° 05.287 E 014° 24.277
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Lesser Town Square and St. Vitus Cathedral - Prague
Waymark Code: WMTPFM
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/23/2016
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This card shows a Lesser Town Square and the tower of St. Vitus Cathedral.
Lesser Town of Prague (visit link) [CZ: Malá Strana] is a district of the city of Prague and one of its most historic part. In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center of the ethnic German citizens 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 Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert is a Roman Catholic metropolitan cathedral in Prague, the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. Up to 1997, the cathedral was dedicated only to Saint Vitus, and is still commonly named only as St. Vitus Cathedral.
This cathedral is an excellent example of Gothic architecture and is the biggest and most important church in the country. Located within Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many Bohemian kings and Holy Roman Emperors, the cathedral is under the ownership of the Czech government as part of the Prague Castle complex.[1] Cathedral dimensions are 124 × 60 meters, the main tower is 96.5 meters high, front towers 82 m, arch height 33.2 m.
Physical Address: Lesser Town Square Prague, Czech Republic
Description of Postcard Location: Lesser Town Square and St. Vitus Cathedral
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