Wenceslas Square

Charles IV laid it out in 1348 as the New Town's horse market. It is really a boulevard of about 750 metres, headed by the National Museum and the 1912 equestrian statue of St Wenceslas. Student Jan Palach set himself on fire here in 1969 in protest at the Soviet occupation, and hundreds of thousands gathered here in the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

In the upper part, works are under way to bring trams back to the square, so expect fences and detours. In the Lucerna passage hangs David Černý's upside-down horse, a parody of the Wenceslas statue.