Search results
Apr 23, 2022 · The Hunger wall was built between 1360-1362 on a direct order by Charles IV (the famous Bohemian – Czech king who also owned Karlstejn). The wall was originally much higher and wider than it is in places now. The wall it’s said to be between 4 to 4,5 metres high and up to 2 metres wide in places. There would have been also battlements and ...
The Hunger Wall ( Czech: Hladová zeď) is a medieval defensive wall of the Lesser Town of Prague, today's Czech Republic. It was built on Petřín Hill between 1360 and 1362 by order of Charles IV . Marl from quarries on Petřín Hill was used as construction material. The purpose of the construction was to strengthen the fortifications of ...
Jun 1, 2023 · Up on the green slopes, there is also a historic monument dating back to the Middle Ages: the Hunger Wall of Prague. Built by the order of Charles IV, the first King of Bohemia to become the Holy ...
The Hunger Wall was built by order of the Holy Roman Emperor and the Czech King Charles IV. between 1360 – 62. It’s said that Charles IV. built this wall with the aim to help the poor in Prague in the time of terrible famine. Poor people working on this structure got food for themselves and their families.
Hunger Wall - is a medieval defensive WALL of the Lesser Town of Prague. It is a fortification structure and was built in between 1360 and 1362 to strengthen the Prague Castle and Malá Strana. One of its bastions is now forming main dome of Stefanik Observatory.
- (392)
- Attraction
- Petrin Hill Tram stop Ujezd, Prague
Places → Sights → Hunger Wall. The Hunger Wall is a defensive wall on Petřín Hill which stretches from Újezd to the Strahov Monastery (originally it stretched as far as Hradčany). It was built by order of Czech King and Emperor Charles IV between 1360 and 1362 in order to strengthen the fortifications of the Lesser Town and Prague Castle.
Nov 25, 2015 · A fortification called the Hunger Wall was built on the edge of the Lesser Town under the orders of Charles IV in 1360-62. Nearly 1200 meters of the wall with a castellation and ambit for sentry had been preserved. The Wall leads from Újezd along Petřín to Strahov. The name Hunger Wall arose during its construction: Charles IV ordered to ...
