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of the Industrial Palace is a
circular building which houses
Marold’s Panorama 5. This was
painted by Luděk Marold in
1898 and depicts the Battle
of Lipany, which ended the
Hussite Wars. As you walk
back to the Exhibition Ground
entrance, you pass the Academy
of Fine Arts 6, decorated
with 18 busts of artists. On
leaving the Exhibition Ground,
turn sharp right. Following
the outer edge of the Ground,
you will pass the Planetarium 7
U T R O J S K É H O Z Á M K U P O V L T A V S K Á slope, then turn left into a wide defaced by graffiti, it was built ahead and take the first small
on your left, which has inter­
ZOOLOGICKÁ r POD HAVRÁNKOU active exhibitions; walk straight r The grand façade of Troja Palace (see pp166–7)
ZAHRADA ahead, take the road down the
avenue of chestnut trees.
path on the right which will
in 1584 to carry water from
16th­century formal garden q.
constructed lakes in the
P O V L T A V S K Á e The Royal Enclosure the Vltava to Rudolph’s newly lead you into a pleasant late­
Continue for some way along
Return to the main path and turn
Royal Park.
the avenue until you reach a
Continue along the path until
right. At the fork, take the path
CÍSAŘSKÝ OSTROV simple building among trees, you reach the derelict Royal which bends to the right along
on your left. Behind this is the Hall 9. Built in the late 17th the railway em bankment then
V l t a v a
Rudolph Water Tunnel 8, century, it was converted into a turn left under the railway line
a grand monument of the restau rant, then rebuilt in 1855 to a canal w.
jezdecké
závodiště age of Rudolph II (see in Neo­Gothic style. Beyond the Walk over the bridge, turn left
pp30–31). Hewn into Royal Hall, at the bend in the along the canal, then right across
rock, the aqueduct is main path, take a steep left fork the island. Cross the Vltava e
w prúplav
Z A E L E K T R Á R N O U over 1,000 m (3,000 ft) up through woods to the former and turn left into Povltavská
long. Now sadly Hunting Château 0. This medi­ Street where a wall marks the
eval building was built for the boundary of Troja Park. Carry
Bohemian kings who used this along to the south entrance
park as a hunting reserve. of the gardens of Troja Palace
The Château was then later r (see pp166–7), and then
enlarged, and in 1805 was wander through them
changed again by Jiří up to the palace itself.
Fischer into a Neo­Gothic
summer palace. Until Tips for Walkers
STROMOVKA 1918, this was a residence
4 of the Governor of Starting point: U Výstaviště
5 Bohemia. Today, it in Holešovice.
q 3 is used to house the Length: 5 km (3 miles). The walk
extensive library of goes up a very steep incline to
2 newspapers and the former Hunting Château.
8 7 6 magazines of the Getting there: Trams 12, 17 and
0 9 U VÝSTAVIŠTĚ National Museum. 24 run to the starting point.
1 The nearest metro stations are
5 Retrace your steps Vltavská or Nádraží Holešovice on
to the main path, walk
12, 17, 24 line C, ten minutes walk away. At
the end of the walk, you can get
on bus No. 112 at Troja to Nádraží
Holešovice metro station.
Stopping off points: There are
a number of restaurants and
kiosks in the Exhibition Ground.
All the gardens are tranquil spots
in which to rest. If you feel like
a boat trip down the Vltava, there
are often trips starting from the
bridge over the canal to Palacký
Bridge (see p57).
7 Prague Planetarium, the largest in the Czech Republic
For keys to symbols see back flap
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