Certovka (Devil’s Stream), Malá Strana, Prague
Informally known as Prague’s Little Venice, Certovka (“Devil’s Stream”) is located in Malá Strana, Prague’s “Lesser Quarter.” In the 16th century, it was called Rosenberg’s ditch/race. Certovka gained its current moniker from the nearby House of the Seven Devils, which romantic guides will tell you is named after a jilted
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Love Padlocks, Certovka, Malá Strana, Prague
Love padlocks began cropping up (or being locked down) in Europe in the early 2000s, particularly at Rome’s Ponte Milvio. Federico Moccia, author of Ho Volgia Di Te (“I Want You”), may be to blame. In the novel, his Italian hero woos a woman by telling her a tall tale. If
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John Lennon Wall, Malá Strana, Prague 1
In the early 1980s, soon after John Lennon’s assassination, an image of him suddenly appeared on a wall opposite the French Embassy in Prague. This was Communist Czechoslovakia, where Western music was banned, pacifist heroes were out of favor and graffiti was not to be tolerated. The image was whitewashed.