Today in our Czech Republic Prague 4K walk, we will visit Lesser Town (Malá Strana), a part of the city filled with the spirit of the Middle Ages and magic!

Malá Strana (Lesser Town) is a district of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighborhoods. In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center of the ethnic German (and since the 16th century also Italian) citizens of Prague. It also housed many noble palaces, while the right-bank towns were comparatively more bourgeois and Bohemian Czech.
The name Malá Strana means "Little Side," though it is frequently referred to as "Lesser Town," "Lesser Quarter," or "Lesser Side." It is on the left (west) bank of the river Vltava, on the slopes just below Prague Castle. The name distinguishes it from the more prominent districts of Prague on the right bank, with which the Charles Bridge links it. Initially, when it was founded in 1257, the district was called the New Town beneath Prague Castle (Czech: Nové Město pod Pražským hradem). When Charles IV founded the New Town of Prague in 1348, Malá Strana was renamed the Lesser Town of Prague (Czech: Menší Město pražské). In the 17th century, the unofficial name Little Quarter (Malá Strana) was used.

06:20 The Lesser Town Square (Malostranské náměstí) lies at the heart of the Lesser Town (Malá Strana) and has been the hub of this side of the river in Prague since the 10th century.
The magnificent St. Nicholas Church is the center of the square, the Lesser Town's primary landmark. A mixture of restaurants, quaint old pubs, small shops, and a host of international embassies housed in the beautiful old Baroque buildings are all around.
https://goo.gl/maps/mJCMGkzKYN1pzSg27

14:00 Kampa (also Na Kampě) is an island in the Vltava river in central Prague on the side of Malá Strana. Charles Bridge crosses its northern tip and is connected to the island by the street Na Kampě. It is separated from Malá Strana by a narrow artificial channel to the west called the Devil's Stream (Čertovka), a waterway dug to power water mills (no longer existent). It is supposedly named after a sharp-tongued woman who lived in a local home called the Seven Devils.
https://goo.gl/maps/SBKkgAYkqAEZ7mTZ8

Recorded in 4k 60fps HDR
Perception Philosophy © 2022
16th of May 2022
Czech Republic
Czechia ASMR