Wenzelsplatz - Center of the Town
Written: Aug 24 '02
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Pros: You can spent hours on the Wenzelsplatz and you dont have seen half of it.
Cons: Your feet will hurt, when you walked it all the way up and down.
The Bottom Line: Just visit Prague and love it. Wenzelsplatz is just one place there, that you have to see.
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This part of the city, one calls modern center, but emperor Karl actually began to modernize IV. here in the year 1348; once was here an enormous area with fields, ways, farms and cows. About 250 hectars this effective area and emperor Karl were large wanted new Prague here to build. In the center of this area, today the Wenzelsplatz lies.
If we begin completely down, with the face to the national museum, which stands more to the end of the Wenzelsplatz, then one sees at the left hand a completely mad shop: the Donutpalast. Mac Donalds as a donutshop; 2 floors high and with most modern design. On the dinnercard... DONUTS groove... in all variations and flavours which one can only consider oneself (and also to consider can). The selection is enormous and simply devine.
Here Karl IV. began at that time with his modernizations and it continued to develop here a horse market, with binding to the cattle market two roads, until far in 19. Century each Thursday took place. In former times here also still town-gate of Prague stood, but that was torn off, together with the horse market, in 1876.
Each year changes the Wenzelsplatz more and more and nothing is more like that as I it from my childhood remembers; once a splendour avenue with wonderful oaks and small confectioneries with finest pastry, with a turning organ man and a icecreamseller with a small wagon. Now the Wenzelsplatz is the presenting object of modern capitalism and romance and turning organ man had yields for Mac Donalds and Gucci. From the generous grass surfaces became stressing tires with flower patches and designer banks erred; the old firms in jugendstil architectural style do not seem to fit no more this place.
Nevertheless the Wenzelsplatz is worth an attendance, because also I became an consumeroriented human and I amuse me gladly to the mad things in the shopwindows of Gucci, Chanel, Porsche, IWC and which otherwise so still gives it. Between them there are still the fine restaurants and cafes those, into small passages convenient, nostalgic feelings in me awake again and again calls.
I buy a Zmrzlina (ice) and walk further highly toward national museum, until I come to the monument of Wenzels; here the ice remains putting for me in the neck - also today still and determines in 30 years still. Here, here, my feet affect history, liberty, corrumpty, force, suppression and martyr death in only one moment. Here, here, Palach ignited itself 1969 and deceased three days later at its injuries in January. This act rang the beginning of the end of communism, although this could straight-hold itself still 30 years. Every time I come here, I must remember, what this student did and feel deeply concerned; by his act, my parents in 1972 found the courage over from the Tschechei to flee.
At the monument today still people, many clergyman, stand which pray for the peace, ask the passenger nevertheless one moment to hold, the flowers also put down and candles ignite. It somehow looks there always as on a woodstockfestival and the tendency is good; not cheerfully, in addition, does not oppress - one feels saved and one with the people those there around stands and sits.
After a short time one solves then from this group and continues themselves slowly; any longer do not look back, only forward, always forward of direction national museum. On the stairs of the national museum I establish myself and stare thoughtfully, the about 1 kilometer to be enough, Wenzelsplatz down.....my thoughts turn back on to the day (21.11.2000), where I was here and where the globalization opponents demonstrated against the G8-Top. The fear, which I had on the day, I to never forget to be able. Thousands of demonstrator, police with machine guns, soldiers, armoring car and constantly this noice of the alarm sirens in the ears. Business those was fast course-nailed; Mac Donalds did not create it straight and was destroit nearly - I stood 50 meters far away from it and clasped myself to my parents firmly like a small child.
Actually the Wenzelsplatz was always a decision place in the political past of czsechoslovakia; Hotel Jalta and the conference held there, might be everyone still another term. Mass demonstrations and large demonstrations against Hitler and afterwards against the communists and the Warsaw pact; it happened here on this place. Here the Russian tanks rolled and wanted only one in 1968; this proud people (my people) show where it long goes.
But they did not succeed; today the Wenzelplatz is again the radiating center of a modern city with proud past. Here one lives again between banks, department stores, fashion shops, restaurants and hotels and history.
Sorry for my poor englisch. Thank you for reading.
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Best Suited For: Families
Best Time to Travel Here: Anytime
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Member: Ilonka Liska
Location: Alsdorf - Germany
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About Me:
Born on 15 august 1965. I live alone. My hobbies are reading, movies, play organ.
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