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Czech Streets 7 Top

Cutting directly through the historical Jewish Quarter (Josefov) toward the Vltava River, Pařížská Street represents a deliberate pivot toward modern Western European urban planning. Developed during the radical sanitation and redevelopment of the Jewish ghetto between 1893 and 1913, the avenue was explicitly modeled after the wide, tree-lined boulevards of Paris.

Summer afternoons for open-air concerts or a cold Czech pilsner at a nearby terrace. czech streets 7 top