Hunger Wall — Attraction in Prague

You go a little bit outside the city and find a wonderful park with an old castle wall, it's like the Burg 'Hohen-Neuffen' in Germany but with more greeny area around it. It's nice that so much is restored from the old wall and you can feel the old mood at the place. Wonderful sights to the city too! In some areas you can see trough the trees and can take wonderful pictures!

What is not so nice is the trash problem. In every corner there is so much plastic which is not picked up. Are there not enough caretakers for the job? Would be cool if they do the cleaning of the place more often or place more bins.

Overall defenetely worth a visit - to escape the hectic...

Hradbu, známou dnes pod názvem Hladová zeď, nechal vybudovat v letech 1360 – 1362 český král a císař Karel IV. Zeď byla postavena z kamene opuky, které byl na Petřínském vrchu dostatek. V minulosti se zde totiž opuka těžila. Původně dosahovala výšky přes čtyři metry. Zdi, o tloušťce skoro dva metry byly následně zpevněny několika věžemi, které sloužily mimo jiné jako pozorovatelny. Následně bylo na zeď osazeno cimbuří a ochoz. Ten se nacházel na vnitřní straně opevnění, a usnadňoval tak přesun při hlídkování na zdi. Původně byla zeď opatřena předsunutými věžemi bastiony, které obývala stálá střelecká posádka. Dnes je tento fakt důkazem profesionalizace armády za dob Karla IV.

The fortifications now known as the Hunger Wall were built between 1360 and 1362 by the Czech king and Emperor Charles IV. The wall was built of marlstone which was enough on Petřín Hill. It was exploited here in the past. Originally the wall reached a height of over four meters, it was nearly two meters thick and then reinforced by several towers, which served as observers among other things. Subsequently the battlements and the gallery were fitted to the wall. Those were placed on the inside of the fortification, making it easier to move on patrolling the wall. Originally, the wall was fitted with pre-stretched bastion towers inhabited by a permanent shooting crew. Today this fact is a proof of the professionalization of the army during the times...

The statues are located at the bottom of Petrin on the west side of Vitava River. They signify how political prisoners were affected by communism and appear more broken and decayed the further away they are. The bronze strip down the middle of the steps shows statistical numbers related to victims of communism. Worth a visit if you're...