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Malá Strana

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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 6,350 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Prague
  • Also known as: “Lesser Quarter”, “Lesser Town”, and “Menší Město pražské”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Charles Bridge and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

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is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the river in , Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the early 15th century.

University
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The is a university in the centre of , , specialising in the study of music, dance, drama, film, television and multi-media.

Castle
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is a castle complex in , serving as the official residence and workplace of the president of the Czech Republic. Built in the 9th century, the castle has long served as the seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle and Lesser Town and Hradčany.

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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
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, is the district of the city of , surrounding . The castle is one of the biggest in the world at about 570 metres in length and an average of about 130 metres wide.

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The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Malá Strana

Latitude
50.08716° or 50° 5′ 14″ north
Longitude
14.40482° or 14° 24′ 17″ east
Population
6,350
Elevation
209 metres (686 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3CP3+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1601837874
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3071213
Wiki­data ID
Q753289
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Malá Strana” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մալա Ստրանա”
  • Basque: “Malá Strana”
  • Bavarian: “Kleinseite”
  • Belarusian: “Мала-Страна”
  • Breton: “Malá Strana”
  • Bulgarian: “Мала страна”
  • Catalan: “Malá Strana”
  • Cebuano: “Malá Strana”
  • Chinese: “布拉格小城”
  • Czech: “Malá Strana”
  • Czech: “Menší město pražské”
  • Danish: “Malá Strana”
  • Dutch: “Malá Strana”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مالا سترانا”
  • Esperanto: “Malá Strana”
  • Esperanto: “Malgranda Kvartalo de Prago”
  • Esperanto: “Malgranda Kvartalo”
  • Finnish: “Malá Strana”
  • Finnish: “Pieni puoli”
  • French: “Malá Strana”
  • Galician: “Malá Strana”
  • German: “Kleinseite”
  • German: “Malá Strana”
  • German: “Prager Kleinseite”
  • Greek: “Μάλα Στράνα”
  • Hungarian: “Kisoldal”
  • Italian: “Malá Strana”
  • Italian: “Malà Strana”
  • Italian: “Mala‘ strana”
  • Italian: “Piccolo quartiere di Praga”
  • Italian: “Piccolo quartiere”
  • Italian: “Piccolo Quartiere”
  • Japanese: “マラー・ストラナ”
  • Korean: “말라스트라나”
  • Lithuanian: “Mala Strana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Malá Strana”
  • Norwegian: “Malá Strana”
  • Persian: “مالا استرانا”
  • Polish: “Malá Strana”
  • Polish: “Mała Strana”
  • Polish: “Mała Strona”
  • Portuguese: “Malá Strana”
  • Russian: “Мала Страна”
  • Russian: “Мала-Страна”
  • Russian: “Малая страна”
  • Russian: “Малая Страна”
  • Serbian: “Мала Страна”
  • Slovak: “Malá Strana”
  • Slovenian: “Malá Strana”
  • Spanish: “Barrio Pequeño”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Pequeña”
  • Spanish: “Malá Strana”
  • Swedish: “Lilla sidan”
  • Swedish: “Malá strana”
  • Swiss German: “Prager Kleinseite”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Prager Kleinseite”
  • Turkish: “Mala Strana”
  • Turkish: “Malá Strana”
  • Ukrainian: “Мала Страна”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Kleinseite”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Malá Strana”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Mała strona”
  • Vietnamese: “Phố nhỏ Praha”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Malá Strana”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.