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Wenceslas Square

Wenceslas Square is one of the main city squares and the centre of the business and cultural communities in the of , Czech Republic. Many historical events occurred there, and it is a traditional setting for demonstrations, celebrations, and other public gatherings.
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  • Type: Tram stop
  • Description: city square in Prague
  • Also known as: “Václavské náměstí”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Our Lady of the Snows and Kino Světozor.

Church
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The Church of is a Catholic church established in 1347 near Jungmann Square in , . It is operated by the and was the site of the murders of the Martyrs of Prague in 1611. is situated 190 metres northwest of Wenceslas Square.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town and New Town and Vysehrad.

Suburb
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is a quarter in the city of in the . is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague.

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The New Town of is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town. A large part of New Town that borders Old Town from east and south belongs to Praha 1 district.

Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY 2.0.
The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of and the Jewish Town.

Wenceslas Square

Latitude
50.0818° or 50° 4′ 55″ north
Longitude
14.42546° or 14° 25′ 32″ east
Elevation
212 metres (696 feet)
Open location code
9F2P3CJG+P5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4704944965
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­tram_stop
Geo­Names ID
6954007
Wiki­data ID
Q847613
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wenceslas Square” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة فاتسلاف”
  • Armenian: “Վացլավի հրապարակ”
  • Basque: “San Wentzeslao enparantza”
  • Bulgarian: “Вацлавски площад”
  • Bulgarian: “Вацлавският площад”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Venceslau”
  • Chinese: “瓦茨拉夫广场”
  • Chinese: “瓦茨拉夫廣場”
  • Czech: “Koňský trh”
  • Czech: “Trafouš”
  • Czech: “Václavák”
  • Czech: “Václavské náměstí (Praha)”
  • Czech: “Václavské náměstí v Praze”
  • Czech: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Czech: “Venclplac”
  • Danish: “Wenzelspladsen”
  • Dutch: “Wenceslasplein”
  • Dutch: “Wenceslausplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان وينسيسلاس”
  • Esperanto: “Venceslaa Placo”
  • Finnish: “Venceslauksen aukio”
  • French: “place Venceslas”
  • French: “Place Venceslas”
  • French: “Vaclavske Namesti”
  • French: “Vaclavske Náměstí”
  • French: “Václavské náměstí”
  • French: “Vasklavske Namesti”
  • Galician: “Praza de San Venceslau”
  • Galician: “Praza de Venceslau”
  • Galician: “Svatovaclavske namesti”
  • Galician: “Svatováclavské náměstí”
  • Galician: “Vaclavske namesti”
  • Galician: “Vaclavske náměstí”
  • Galician: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Georgian: “ვაცლავის მოედანი”
  • German: “Rossmarkt”
  • German: “Vaclavske namesti”
  • German: “Václavské námestí”
  • German: “Václavské náměstí”
  • German: “Wenzelsplatz”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία Βέντσεσλας”
  • Greek: “Πλατεία του Βάτσλαβ”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר ואצלב”
  • Hungarian: “Vencel tér”
  • Indonesian: “Alun-Alun Wenceslas”
  • Italian: “Piazza di San Venceslao”
  • Italian: “piazza San Venceslao”
  • Italian: “Piazza San Venceslao”
  • Japanese: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Japanese: “ヴァーツラフ広場”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Dataran Wenceslas”
  • Korean: “바츨라프 광장”
  • Latin: “Forum sancti Venceslai (Praga)”
  • Latin: “Forum sancti Venceslai”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaclovo aikštė”
  • Macedonian: “Вацлавски намести”
  • Macedonian: “Вацлавски плоштад”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Václavplassen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Norwegian: “Václavplassen”
  • Persian: “میدان واتسلاو”
  • Persian: “میدان واتسلاوسکه”
  • Polish: “Plac Wacława (Praga)”
  • Polish: “Plac Wacława”
  • Polish: “plac Wacławski”
  • Polish: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de Venceslau”
  • Russian: “Вацлавак”
  • Russian: “Вацлавская площадь”
  • Slovak: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Slovak: “Václavské námestie”
  • Slovenian: “Václavské náměstí”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Venceslao”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de Wenceslao”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Wenceslas”
  • Swedish: “Vaclavplatsen”
  • Swedish: “Václavplatsen”
  • Swedish: “Wenzelplatsen”
  • Swiss German: “Wenzelsplatz”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสวาตสลัฟ”
  • Thai: “จัตุรัสวาตส์ลัฟ”
  • Thai: “วาตส์ลาวาก”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Wenzelsplatz”
  • Turkish: “Vaclav Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Вацлавська площа”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Václav”
  • “Václavské náměstí”

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