Stromovka (Royal Game Reserve) is a large park in the

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, ...

district of

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. It sits on the floodplain of the river

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. At present, it spreads over an area of 95 hectares. It was established in the thirteenth century as a

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for the nearby summerhouse. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was converted into a park, which later in the 19th and 20th centuries was reduced by the construction of railways, the building of the

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and the

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, a ship canal, and last but not least by the construction of the

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. The park is maintained as an

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. It is protected as a

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as well as a

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. A shopping mall named Centrum Stromovka opened in 2019 adjacent to the park, in Veletržní street. Centrum Stromovka, named after the park, is a convenience-based shopping mall of 15,000 sq m and 84 units.

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Parks in Prague Arboreta Natural monuments in the Czech Republic Cultural heritage of the Czech Republic Prague 7 {{arboretum-stub