Václav Havel Square

Václav Havel Square is a square in , , , . Václav Havel Square is situated nearby to the theater building , as well as near the public building .
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Prague
  • Also known as: “Havlovo náměstí” and “piazzetta Národního divadla”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Czech Academy of Sciences and Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

Government building
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The was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences and the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts.

University
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The or FAMU is a film school in , , founded in 1946 as one of three branches of the . is situated 110 metres northwest of Václav Havel Square.

Theater building
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is a theater building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Town and Josefov and New Town.

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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.

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.

Suburb
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has, since 1922, been a district and cadastral area of , the capital of the , and is part of . It is on the west bank of the river.

Václav Havel Square

Latitude
50.08102° or 50° 4′ 52″ north
Longitude
14.41431° or 14° 24′ 52″ east
Open location code
9F2P3CJ7+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27804723
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q27186439
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to German—“Václav Havel Square” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “plaça de Václav Havel”
  • Catalan: “plaça Václav Havel”
  • Czech: “náměstí Václava Havla”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Václava Havla”
  • German: “Václav-Havel-Platz”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nová scéna Národního Divadla and Restaurační budova Národního divadla.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Café Nona and Srdce pro Václava Havla.

Prague: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Václav Havel Airport Prague, Old Town and Josefov, East bank of Vltava, and New Town and Vysehrad.

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