Old Town Square
In Old Town Square, the heart of Prague’s medieval layout, the space itself tells a layered story of power, faith, and public life. The square houses the Gothic Church of Our Lady before Týn, whose twin towers rise to about 80 meters and have defined the skyline of this quarter since the 14th century. Nearby, the Baroque St. Nicholas Church adds a later shine to the ensemble, while the Prague Orloj on the Old Town Hall—installed in 1410—remains the world’s oldest operating medieval astronomical clock, driving a sense of time here for over six centuries. A short walk from these monuments is the Kinský Palace, which now hosts an art museum of the Czech National Gallery, linking civic space to national culture. At the square’s center stands the Jan Hus Memorial, unveiled on 6 July 1915 to mark the 500th anniversary of Hus’s death, commemorating a key moment in the religious reform movement that shaped Czech history. …
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