Lesser Quarter 2 - River views and crawling babies

David Cerny - controversial sculpturerer - has cast bronze babies with bar code faces.  These were located next to the Contemporary Art Museum in the Lesser Quarter of Prague

 

The City of a Hundred Spires may be famous for its architecture, but there’s more to Prague than its skyline. Home to an exciting avant-garde art scene that spills out of the museums and onto the streets, you’ll find plenty of public art on display across the city. Something of a household name in the Czech Republic, David Černý has created many of the most famous Prague sculptures, with his crawling babies.

Bar Code for faces

Views of the Charles Bridge and Prague city spires

This is the type of boat that we took our river cruise in

The Lesser Quarter ---Nestled into the hill below Prague Castle, Malá Strana is home to the grandeur of palaces and the quaintness of the old Inn and it offers you a magical journey through history.

History

Malá Strana is located on the left (west) bank of the river Vltava, on the slopes just below Prague Castle. It was created in 1257 by amalgamating a number of settlements beneath the Castle into a single administrative unit. In the Middle Ages, the residents were mostly German craftsmen who had been invited by the King. It also housed a large number of noble palaces. An important factor in the development of the Lesser Quarter were the Judith and later the Charles Bridge which connected it to the Old Town and through which led the Royal Mile. (This is the route taken by the coronation processions of Czech kings in the Middle Ages that started at the Municipal House.) Many religious institutions, merchant and administrative institutions were located here. The Lesser Quarter therefore, had a considerable impact on the life of the larger town on the right banks of the Vltava. Eventually it merged with Prague in 1784. Among other institutions, the Parliament of the Czech Republic is located here.