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Národní , also Národní třída , ( German national avenue ) is a street in the center of Prague . It runs on the boundary between old town and Neustadt from young man place until Vltava where they attach National Theater to the bridge of the legions connects.
history
The street was created when the useless moat between the old town and the new town was filled in and planted with trees in 1781. It was called New Avenue ( V nových alejích ), to distinguish it from the north-west adjoining Old Avenue ( Ve starých alejích ), which is now called Na příkopě (Graben). Numerous palaces were built in the 19th century and the street developed into a representative boulevard. After the declaration of independence of Czechoslovakia , the street was named Národní třída . In 1985 the metro station Národní třída was opened.
On November 17, 1989, the police began to break up a student demonstration in Národní třída. This event is considered to be the beginning of the Velvet Revolution . There is a memorial plaque on the spot.
Cultural monuments
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On the old town side (selection):
- Palais Adria: built 1923–1924
- Palais Chicago: built in 1927 in the functionalist style
- Obchodní dům Máj
- Schirding Palace
- Palais Dunaj: Constructivist building from 1930
- Ursuline Church : Baroque church by Marco Antonio Canevalle , built 1702–1704
- National Theater
On the Neustadt side (selection):
- Palais Platýs
- Topič House: Art Nouveau building, built in 1894
- Main building of the Academy of Sciences
- Lažanský Palace, now the Faculty of Film and Television ; Café Slavia is on the ground floor .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 55 ″ N , 14 ° 25 ′ 4 ″ E