Malá Strana
Malá Strana | |
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Cadastral Area of Prague | |
View of Malá Strana from Prague Castle | |
Location of Malá Strana in Prague | |
| Coordinates: 50°05′17″N 14°24′14″E / 50.08806°N 14.40389°E | |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Region | Prague |
| District | Prague 1, Prague 5 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 4,584 |
| • Density | 3,300/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 110 00, 150 00 |
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Malá Strana (Czech for "Little Side (of the River)", German: Prager Kleinseite) or historically Menší Město pražské (English: Lesser Town of Prague) is a district of the city of Prague, Czech Republic, and one of its most historic neighbourhoods.
In the Middle Ages, it was a dominant center of the ethnic German (and since 16th century also Italian) citizens of Prague. It also housed many noble palaces while the right-bank towns were comparatively more bourgeois and more Bohemian Czech.