Prague Old Town

Timeline

1. 1230–1250Prague Old Town · PragueBohemian King Wenceslas I expanded the settlement below the castle into an independent district, building walls and gates and attracting German and Jewish merchants. The Old Town, castle district, and Lesser Town together formed the prototype of Prague's triple-city layout.
2. 1251–1260Prague Old Town · PragueDuring the reign of Přemyslid Ottokar II, Prague became a Central European political center; merchant houses and guilds flourished around the Old Town Square, and town hall and church construction advanced. Silver wealth and the intersection of Baltic–Mediterranean trade routes rapidly increased the Old Town's population and building density.
3. 1338–1410Prague Old Town Square · PragueThe Gothic tower of the Old Town Hall was completed, the facade of the Church of Our Lady before Týn was gradually finished, and around 1410 the astronomical clock was installed at the town hall, marking the peak of the Old Town's public space and civic self-governance culture, becoming a representative of later Holy Roman Empire urban landscapes.