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Open year round, 24/7
Recommended sightseeing time:1-2 hour
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Petrin Hill | Tram stop Ujezd, Prague, Czech RepublicMap
Phone+420 257 320 112
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  • NeilKelly77
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    Poignant

    One of the most poignant set of statue's in Prague is The Hunger Wall . These set of emaciated figures walking down steps from Petrin Hill and are the work of sculptor Oldban Zoubek and were unveiled ...

    Reviewed on Mar 17, 2024
  • Ginges_revenge
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    Great medieval defensive wall.

    The Hunger was built in the 1360's and was originally called the bread wall as it was built to provide a livelihood and food to the struggling citizens who worked on it. It was also built as a defensi...

    Reviewed on Mar 29, 2023
  • 293neilk
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    Poignant

    One of the most powerful reminders of what the people of the Czech Republic went through during the occupation by the Soviets and the regime of communism between 1948-1989 is the Hunger Wall. The work...

    Reviewed on Mar 12, 2023
  • briank482
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    Another find

    We were on our way to get the funicular railway up to the top of petrin hill and came across the statues . They are quite striking and a reminder of the terrible times the Czech people suffered . The ...

    Reviewed on Jan 22, 2023
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    The construction of the wall began in 1380. This unusual name is due to the fact that, with the help of this wall, Karl Four provided the poor with work, thus preventing her from dying from hunger ...

    Reviewed on Aug 21, 2022
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