Wenceslas Square

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square tourist attraction urban boulevard

Wenceslas Square is a major historic boulevard and commercial center in Prague, renowned as a focal point for political demonstrations and public gatherings in Czech history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Jan Palach Square 1
Václavské náměstí 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf square ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
urban boulevard ⓘ
cityCentre yes ⓘ
country Czech Republic ⓘ
CzechName Wenceslas Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Václavské náměstí
formerName Horse Market ⓘ
Koňský trh ⓘ
foundedBy Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
function commercial centre ⓘ
cultural centre ⓘ
transport hub ⓘ
hasBuilding Hotel Evropa ⓘ
Koruna Palace ⓘ
National Museum (Prague) ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation 50.081°N 14.425°E ⓘ
hasLandUse hotels ⓘ
offices ⓘ
restaurants ⓘ
retail ⓘ
hasMonument Saint Wenceslas statue ⓘ
Saint Wenceslas statue ⓘ
surface form: Wenceslas Monument
hasStreet Jindřišská ⓘ
Na Příkopě ⓘ
Vodičkova ⓘ
heritageStatus part of the Prague Historic Centre UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 1348 ⓘ
knownFor Czech independence demonstrations ⓘ
Prague Spring ⓘ
surface form: Prague Spring protests

Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
surface form: Velvet Revolution demonstrations

political demonstrations ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ
languageOfName Czech ⓘ
length approximately 750 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Prague ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Prague 1 ⓘ
locatedInOldTown New Town, Prague ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Wenceslas ⓘ
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalFunction horse market ⓘ
partOf New Town, Prague ⓘ
surface form: New Town of Prague
publicTransport Prague Metro ⓘ
surface form: Prague Metro Line A

Prague Metro ⓘ
surface form: Prague Metro Line B
publicTransportStation Muzeum station ⓘ
Můstek station ⓘ
shape elongated rectangle ⓘ
terminusAt Můstek ⓘ
surface form: Můstek (lower end)

National Museum (upper end) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1992 ⓘ
width approximately 60 metres ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wenceslas Square → CzechName → Wenceslas Square self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Václavské náměstí
Prague → hasLandmark → Wenceslas Square ⓘ
Rudolfinum → locatedOn → Wenceslas Square ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jan Palach Square