Petřín
Petřín is a hill in the centre of Prague, Czech Republic. It rises 327 m above sea level and some 130 m above the left bank of the Vltava River. The hill, almost entirely covered with parks, is a favorite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 327 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Petrin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petrin Observation Tower and Štefánik Observatory.
Petrin Observation Tower
Scenic viewpoint
The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today, the tower is a major tourist attraction.
Štefánik Observatory
Public building
Štefánik's Observatory, sometimes called the Prague Observatory, is an astronomical observatory on Petřín hill in the center of Prague founded in 1928 and named after Slovak astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik.
Saint Lawrence
Church
The Church of Saint Lawrence in Prague is a church of the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic. It is located on Petřín hill, next to Petřín Lookout Tower and the Hunger Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West bank of Vltava and Castle and Lesser Town.
Castle and Lesser Town
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.Malá Strana
Suburb
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.
Petřín
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.08166° or 50° 4′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.39493° or 14° 23′ 42″ east
Elevation
327 metres (1,073 feet)
Open location code
9F2P39JV+MX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Petřín from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Petřín” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بترين”
- Belarusian: “Петршын”
- Cebuano: “Petřín”
- Chinese: “佩特任山”
- Czech: “Petřín”
- Dutch: “Petřín”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بترين”
- Esperanto: “Petřín”
- Estonian: “Petřín”
- Finnish: “Petřín”
- French: “Petřín”
- German: “Laurenziberg”
- German: “Petřín”
- Hebrew: “גבעת פטז’ין”
- Hebrew: “פטרז’ין פארק”
- Hungarian: “Petřín”
- Italian: “Petřín”
- Japanese: “ペトシーン”
- Korean: “페트르진”
- Ladin: “Petřín”
- Macedonian: “Петшин”
- Polish: “Petřín”
- Romanian: “Petřín”
- Russian: “Петршин”
- Serbian: “Петрин”
- Slovak: “Petřín”
- Spanish: “Petřín”
- Swedish: “Petřín”
- Ukrainian: “Петршин”
- Venetian: “Petřín”
- Vietnamese: “Petřín”
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