Rytirska-Melantrichova Street Crossroad - Prague, Czech Republic - Picture Perfect Postcards on Waymarking.com

The name of the Rytirska street (the Street of Knights) was derived from the knightly tournaments documented for the first time in connection with the Czech coronation of Charles IV, and carried on still in the 18th century. Otherwise, the street was best known as a marketplace, one of the largest in Prague, with a number of stalls both in the street and under the arcades, full of hustle and bustle. The articles sold here included practically everything: both dead and live poultry, eggs, curds, butter, soups, doughnuts, coffee, etc. The whole pother ended here in 1897 with construction of the market hall inside the Neo-Renaissance administrative building designed by J. Fialka. The hefty five-storey structure was built on the site of four old houses, Nos. 405 to 408. Of the old buildings we can actually see only the first three buildings on the right, originally mediaeval, with arcades. The middle of the three buildings (No. 410) was from 1651 the domicile of the famous Baroque sculptor J. J. Bendl.

Physical Address: Rytirska Prague, Czech Republic Description of Postcard Location: Rytirska-Melantrichova Street Crossroad Related Web Site: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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