Bubeneč is a district in the north-west of
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
. 52% of the district is in
Prague 7
Prague 7 is a municipal district (''městská část'') in Prague, Czech Republic.
The administrative district (''správní obvod'') of the same name consists of the quarters Letná, Holešovice, Bubny, Bubeneč, Troja as well as a small part ...
, but most of the built-up area is in
Prague 6
Prague 6, formally the municipal district Prague 6 (''Městská část Praha 6''), is the largest Prague district.
It is located in the north-west of Prague. It covers 41.54 km² and has 100,600 inhabitants (31.12.2008).
The administrative ...
.
Sparta Prague
) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští''
, ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena
, capacity = 19,416
, clubname = Sparta Prague
, image = Sparta Praha logo.png
, image_size = 160px
, fu ...
football club and their stadium
Generali Arena Generali may refer to:
People
Generali is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Pietro Generali (basketball), Italian basketball player
*Pietro Generali, Italian composer
Other uses
*Assicurazioni Generali and Generali Ita ...
is situated at the south-eastern edge of Bubeneč, and the district also covers
Stromovka
Stromovka (Royal Game Reserve) is a large park in the Bubeneč district of Prague. It sits on the floodplain of the river Vltava. At present, it spreads over an area of 95 hectares. It was established in the thirteenth century as a game reserve f ...
park (Královská obora) and a convention centre
Výstaviště. The name Bubeneč is masculine, although Czech grammar rules also allow its use as a feminine.
Bubeneč is sometimes informally called "Little
Moscow
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" due to the high concentration of various entities and buildings related to the Russian government and private businesses, including the vast
Embassy of Russia and the office of
Rossotrudnichestvo
The Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation (russian: Федеральное агентство по делам Содружества Независ� ...
.
History
The earliest mention of Bubeneč is in 1197. On 26 October 1904, Bubeneč acquired city status. Bubeneč was a city between 1904 and 1921, when it was merged with Prague. The area attracted large numbers of Russian immigrants in the period before World War II.
In 1980 the controversial
Statue of Ivan Konev in Prague has been erected here.
See also
*
Boris Nemtsov Square, Prague
References
Districts of Prague
Prague 7
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