Prague 7 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
,
Czech Republic
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.
The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of the quarters
Letná,
Holešovice, Bubny,
Bubeneč
Bubeneč is a district in the north-west of Prague. 52% of the district is in Prague 7, but most of the built-up area is in Prague 6. Sparta Prague football club and their stadium Generali Arena is situated at the south-eastern edge of Bubeneč, ...
,
Troja as well as a small part of
Libeň
Libeň (german: Lieben) is a cadastral area and district of Prague, Czech Republic. It was incorporated into Prague in 1901.
People
* Reinhard Heydrich, assassinated here
* Herz Homberg, born here
* Ernestine Schumann-Heink, born here
* ...
. It's one of the smallest Prague districts and stretches along the left bank of the
Vltava
Vltava ( , ; german: Moldau ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice and Prague, and finally merging with the Labe ...
. In the Northern part is located Troja with the
Prague Zoo. It is linked to the city centre by
metro line C. Other attractions in Prague 7 include the
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
of the Czech football club
AC Sparta, cultural centre
DOX
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, cinema
Bio Oko
Bio Oko is a cinema in the Holešovice district of Prague, Czech Republic. Part of a seven-building development between the district's Milada Horáková and Heřmanová streets built between 1937 and 1940, it was designed by Jaroslav Stockar-Be ...
, museums (
National Technical Museum and National Museum of Agriculture) and the former trade fair centre
Veletržní palác. Its parks
Stromovka and
Letná rank among the biggest in the capital.
See also
*
Districts of Prague#Symbols
References
External links
More information about Prague 7 and life there may be found in the correspondent article on the Prague Website Citypilot.cz*
Districts of Prague
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