Petřín

Petřín is a hill in the centre of , . 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 , is a favorite recreational area for the inhabitants of Prague.
Wikipedia
Photo: Ludek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • 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.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Petřín Lookout Tower is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in , built in 1891. It resembles the and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today the tower is a major tourist attraction.

Public building
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Štefánik's Observatory, sometimes called the Prague Observatory, is an astronomical on Petřín hill in the center of founded in 1928 and named after astronomer Milan Rastislav Štefánik.

Church
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Church of in is a church of the Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic. It is located on Petřín hill, next to and the Hunger Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West bank of Vltava and Castle and Lesser Town.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West of is to the west of the Castle district.

Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of is the lower area on the left bank.

Petřín

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
node 3857510377
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3068393
Wiki­data ID
Q427604
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • 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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