Wenceslas Square (colloquially known as Wenceslas Square, formerly St. Wenceslas Square, formerly the Horse Market) was established when Charles IV founded the New Town in 1348. It is one of the main squares in Prague's New Town and the second largest in the Czech Republic.
The square is 750 m long with an area of approximately 45,000 m² and the shape of an elongated rectangle sloping from the dominant National Museum past the equestrian statue of St. Wenceslas to the Mostek (the border of the Old Town).
It is home to theatres, cinemas, banking houses, restaurants, hotels, many small and large shops and administrative centres.
