The Little Quarter (Lesser Town) was established in 1257, built on the slopes below Prague Castle. In 1541 it was badly damaged by a great fire and than erected again during 17^th and 18^th century. It is part of Prague least effected by recent history having an image as the ultimate Baroque City.

At the end of 19^th century the area of the ghetto, with its slums, malodorous backstreets and alleyways of the Jewish Town were replaced with luxurious five-storey mansions. However, the Town Hall, five synagogues and Old Jewish Cemetry were saved.

After the origin of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 Prague Castle once again became the centre of the state.

Vysehrad's most familiar landmark is the chapter church of St. Peter and Paul, originally built in the Romanesque style