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Wenceslas Square: a present-day view with history behind it

Valon Asani · · 1 min read

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A night scene at Wenceslas Square beside a black-and-white image. The same place asks you to hold two times in mind. People are living an ordinary evening where history has also happened.

Prague City Tourism describes the square as a centre of public life and records major gatherings there, including those associated with the Velvet Revolution in 1989.

That documented history provides context without assigning an unverified event to the archival image in the clip. On this stop, the useful question was how much of a place’s past remains visible while people continue living their everyday lives around it.

For another close look at the city’s history, visit Prague’s astronomical clock.

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