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Malá Strana
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lesser Town, Menší Město pražské, Lesser Quarter
neighborhood of Prague
Key facts
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Region
- Prague
- District
- Prague 1 , Prague 5
- Total
- 1.37 km (0.53 sq mi)
- Density
- 3,350/km (8,670/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- 110 00, 150 00
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Malá Strana (Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", German: Prager Kleinseite) or historically Menší Město pražské (English: Lesser Town of Prague) is a district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center of the ethnic German (and since 16th century also Italian) citizens of Prague. It also housed many noble palaces while the right-bank towns were comparatively more bourgeois and more Bohemian Czech.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malá Strana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.