I think there are two main squares in Prague, the Wenceslas Square–really a (large, long) boulevard, and the Old Town Square, which are just five-minute walk from each other. Here is where I have been doing most of my walking. A third square, the Lesser Town Square, is located on the other side of the Vltava River (we were there yesterday).

This morning we walked the Jewish Quarter, Josefov, it is located between the Old Town Square and the Vltava River.

Over the centuries, with Jews banned from living anywhere else in Prague, and with new arrivals expelled from Moravia, Germany, Austria and Spain joining them, ever more people crowded into the quarter. The torrid history of the former Jewish Ghetto began in the 13th century, when Jewish people were ordered to vacate their disparate homes and settle in this one area.

Fortunately, many significant historical buildings were saved from destruction, and they remain a testimony to the history of the Jews in Prague. They form a preserved complex of historical Jewish monuments.