Old Town and Josefov
The right bank section of District Prague 1, the oldest settled area, consists of the Old Town of Prague and the Jewish Town. Old Town Square…Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic.National Library of the Czech Republic
Photo: bruno 1802, CC BY 2.0.
The National Library of the Czech Republic is the central library of the Czech Republic.
Powder Gate Tower
Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Powder Tower or Powder Gate is a Gothic tower in Prague, Czech Republic.
Localities in the Area
New Town and Vysehrad
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The New Town of Prague is in the east bank area to the east and south of the Old Town.
Castle and Lesser Town
Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Both in district Prague 1, Castle district of Prague is the highest part of the city while the Lesser Town of Prague is the lower area on the left bank.
West bank of Vltava
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The West of Prague is to the west of the Castle district.
Old Town and Josefov
- Type: Suburb with 6,270 residents
- Description: neighborhood of Prague, Czech Republic
- Categories: cadastral area in the Czech Republic, municipality with town privileges in the Czech Republic, municipal part in Czechia, city center, urban area and locality
- Location: Praha 1, Prague 1, Prague, Central Bohemia, Czech Republic, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.08429° or 50° 5' 3" northLongitude
14.41784° or 14° 25' 4" eastPopulation
6,270Elevation
206 metres (676 feet)Open Location Code
9F2P3CM9+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 297896667OpenStreetMap Feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3065328Wikidata ID
Q748211Old Town and Josefov Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: وسط براغ التاريخي
- Aragonese: Ciudat viella
- Armenian: Հին քաղաք
- Armenian: Պրահայի պատմական կենտրոն
- Basque: Pragako Hiri Zaharra
- Basque: Staré Město
- Belarusian: Стара-Места
- Belarusian: Старое Места
- Belarusian: Старое Места Прагі
- Belarusian: Стары горад
- Breton: Staré Město
- Bulgarian: Старе место
- Catalan: Centre històric de Praga
- Catalan: Ciutat Vella
- Cebuano: Staré Město
- Chinese: 布拉格老城
- Croatian: Praški stari grad
- Czech: Staré Město
- Czech: Staré Město pražské
- Danish: Den Gamle By
- Danish: Stare Mesto
- Danish: Staré Mesto
- Danish: Staré Město
- Dutch: Oude Stad
- Egyptian Arabic: البلده القديمه
- English: Old Town, Prague
- English: Old Town
- English: Old Town of Prague
- English: Staré Město
- Esperanto: Malnova Urbo
- Esperanto: Malnova Urbo de Prago
- Estonian: Staré Město
- Finnish: Prahan historiallinen keskusta
- Finnish: Prahan vanhakaupunki
- Finnish: Stare Mesto
- Finnish: Staré Město
- French: Vieille-Ville de Prague
- French: Vieille Ville
- French: Vieille Ville de Prague
- French: Vieille Ville et Josefov
- Galician: Cidade Vella
- Galician: Cidade Vella de Praga
- Galician: Stare Mesto
- Galician: Stare Město
- Galician: Staré Mesto
- Galician: Staré Město
- German: Altstadt
- German: Prager Altstadt
- Greek: Ιστορικό Κέντρο της Πράγας
- Greek: Στάρε Μιέστο
- Hausa: Tsohon Gari (Prague)
- Hausa: Tsohon Gari
- Hebrew: העיר העתיקה והרובע היהודי
- Hebrew: העיר העתיקה של פראג
- Hungarian: Óváros
- Italian: Città Vecchia
- Japanese: プラハの旧市街
- Japanese: プラハ旧市街
- Japanese: プラハ歴史地区
- Korean: 스타레메스토
- Lithuanian: Prahos senamiestis
- Macedonian: Стар град
- Macedonian: историски центар на Прага
- Norwegian: Staré Město
- Norwegian Bokmål: Staré Město
- Persian: مرکز تاریخی پراگ
- Polish: Stare Miasto
- Polish: Staré Město
- Portuguese: Cidade Velha
- Russian: Исторический центр Праги
- Russian: Старе-Место
- Russian: Старе Место
- Russian: Старе Место и Йозефов
- Russian: Старое место
- Russian: Старый город
- Serbian: Стари град (Праг)
- Serbian: Стари град
- Slovak: Staré Město
- Slovenian: Staro mesto
- Spanish: Ciudad Vieja
- Spanish: Ciudad vieja
- Spanish: Stare Mesto
- Spanish: Stare Město
- Spanish: Staré Mesto
- Spanish: Staré Město
- Swedish: Prags historiska centrum
- Swedish: Stare Mesto
- Swedish: Staré Město
- Swedish: Staré město
- Turkish: Eski Kent
- Turkish: Eski Şehir
- Turkish: Staré Město
- Ukrainian: Старе Мєсто
- Ukrainian: Старе Місто
- Vietnamese: Phố cổ Praha
- Staré Město e Josefov
- Старе місто
In the Area
- New TownSuburb
- Malá StranaSuburb
- Stalin MonumentLocality
- SmíchovSuburb
- VinohradySuburb
- FlorencNeighborhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Old Town and Josefov. Photo: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY 2.0.