From Nový Smíchov to Kinsky Garden | Prague Summer Walk 🇨🇿 4K HDR

Join me on this sunny Saturday, August 9, for a pleasant walk in Prague. We'll start at the lively Nový Smíchov shopping centre and make our way toward the peaceful Kinsky Garden. With perfect summer weather and no rain in sight for the next four days, it's the ideal time to explore the city's charm. Enjoy the mix of urban energy and serene greenery in this relaxing 4K HDR walking tour.

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Smíchov is an urban district and cadastral territory in Prague on the left bank of the Vltava, belonging to the Prague 5 district. It borders Mala Strana to the north, Hlubočepy to the south, and Radice to the southwest. The Smíchovský cadastre extends west-north along Plzeňská street to the border with Motol. In its upper part, except for short sections, Plzeňská Street forms the border between Smíchov and Košíře. On the opposite right bank of the river are Nové Město, Vyšehrad, and Podolí from the north. The large Vltava island Císařská Louka (opposite Vyšehrad and Podolí) and Dětský Ostrov also belong to Smíchov. From 1903 to 1921, Smíchov was a town; from 1838, it had the status of a suburb. In the middle of the 19th century, Košíre was also part of Smíchov, which later became independent. The most likely period of origin of the name Smíchov is the reign of Charles IV. In 1383, the church of St. Jacob. In 1386, the local lands were divided into parcels, and a settlement was created, where the population came from different places and thus "mixed." Smíchov is documented for the first time in 1402 (some sources state 1406 or even 1421 – gladiators in Smiechow, Hortus humuleti cum viola, qui situs est in Smiechow).
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Kinský Garden (Zahrada Kinských) is a garden area of 22 hectares located on the southern and south-eastern slope of Petřín. It's separated from other Petřín gardens by the Hunger Wall, built by Charles IV. At first, there were forests and then vineyards in the Middle Ages. In the 1830s, the garden was modified in the English style. In the garden, you'll find a wooden Greek-Catholic church of St. Michael and the Kinsky Summer Palace with an ethnographic exhibition at the National Museum.
Initially, there were forests here, followed by vineyards in the Middle Ages, mostly owned by the monastery. The vineyard's name (Paradise or V kartouzích - by the Carthusian monastery) has been well known. Later, settlements and courtyards were established there. After the Thirty Years' War, the place was desolate. In 1828, Růžena Kinská bought the lands, and her son Rudolf Kinský founded the English-style garden here designed by his economic director František Höhnl. It was extended and modified in 1848 and again from 1860 to 1861 by the architect Bedřich Wünscher, who worked 62 years for the Kinsky family. In 1831, the construction of the classical summerhouse by Viennese architect Heinrich Koch was completed, terrain modelling and planting were made, and the 380 m long tunnel to the water source of two newly created ponds with a waterfall between them was driven. Also, the carriage house called Švýcárna and ten greenhouses for tropical and subtropical plants were built. The building works in the garden were completed by the wife of Rudolf Kinsky, Wilhelmine, after his death, following a fall from a horse. At that time, the park was open twice weekly, whereas tickets were sold in the Kinsky Palace. A descendant of the founders wanted to parcel out the garden and sell land to construct a block of flats, which was prevented by the City of Prague, which bought the park in 1901, opened it for the public in 1908, and re-cultivated it. The City of Prague lent the Kinsky Summerhouse to the Ethnographic Czechoslovak Society for the exhibits from the large Ethnographic Exhibition held in Prague in 1895; in this way, the Ethnographic Museum, open to the public in 1903, was established (see the separate document Kinsky Summerhouse). The garden was intended to be turned into a spectacular "ethnographic park," but ultimately, it only became a location for some exhibits. One example is a wooden belfry from Dolní Bojanovice near Hodonín and a Baroque monument from the 18th century. – a calvary with a pyramid sundial and artistic decoration in the form of the plague column. The spear in the belly of Christ and the arrow in the body of St. Sebastian served to drop a shadow on the clock dial. Initially, the column stood in Žižkov, reportedly at the place of today's St. Prokop church, commemorating the plague epidemic.
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