OLD TOWN SQUARE, Square

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world: Prague’s Old Town Square, one of the most famous squares in Europe.

It is located in the heart of the Old Town, in the market district, which until the end of the 18th century, like all the other districts of Prague, was considered a self-sufficient “town”, with its own town hall and walls.

The square as we know it today is very different from the original square. Between 1893 and 1913, much of the Jewish ghetto was destroyed in order to reshape the city on the model of Paris, and build the elegant Parizska Street, named after the French capital.

In 1945, the east wing of the town hall suffered the only bombing of Prague during the Second World War, and this led to a further extension of the square, making it the size it is today....