Description
The main east-west avenue of Vinohrady is Vinohradská street leading from Wenceslas Square to Žižkov and Strašnice. Along this street stand headquarter building of Czech Radio, old Vinohrady Market Hall and Vinohrady Water Tower and several stations of Prague Metro Line A (Náměstí Míru, Jiřího z Poděbrad, Flora, Želivského). Parallel to Vinohradská street, there is Slezská street, Korunní street (from Peace Square to Flora) and Francouzská street (from Peace Square to Vršovice]. In the east part of Vinohrady near Strašnice are situated the large Královské Vinohrady Teaching Hospital and Vinohrady Cemeteries.
In the south-north direction, Legerova street as a part of North-South Artery leads at the west margin of Vinohrady, which is a boundary of New Town, along C metro line from Nusle Bridge to the main railway station (Praha hlavní nádraží). Next south-north streets (Bělehradská with Tyl's Square, Italská and many others) are narrower and surmount broken relief crosswise valleys.
The main square of west Vinohrady is "náměstí Míru" (Peace Square) with Prague 2 town hall, Vinohrady Theatre, Gothic Revival Saint Ludmila Church (Josef Mocker, 1892) and a station of A metro line. In the central part of Vinohrady near Vinohradská street, there lies "náměstí Jiřího z Poděbrad" (George of Poděbrady Square) with a modern Church of the Sacred Heart by Jože Plečnik built in 1932.
There are several parks in Vinohrady. Folimanka Park at the Vinohrady side of Nusle Valley. Havlíčkovy sady (literally Havlíček's Orchards) near Nusle and Vršovice are the Prague's second-largest park. There is a vineyard still in production in Gröbovka Park, next to Havlíčkovy sady. In the north-west part of Vinohrady, near Italská street, there is Riegrovy sady (Rieger's Orchards) with Vinohrady Sokol House. Smaller parks are situated in central Vinohrady: sady Svatopluka Čecha (Svatopluk Čech's Orchards) near Vinohradská street, Bezručovy sady (Petr Bezruč's Orchards) between Slezská and Francouzská street) and parks at all main Vinohrady squares.
Famous Czech artists such as Jakub Schikaneder, Otto Gutfreund, Hugo Boettinger and Karel Špillar are buried here.
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Sacred Hearth Church at George of Poděbrady Square
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Prague State Opera (formerly German Theatre and Smetana's Theatre)
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Former Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia
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Vinohrady Water Tower
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Vinohrady Cemetery with Saint Wenceslaus Church
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Praha hlavní nádraží, Prague main railway station
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Vinohrady Tunnels
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Czech Radio headquarter in Vinohradská street
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Strojimport building near Vinohradská street and Želivského metro station
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Francouzská street
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Vinohrady Synagogue (destroyed 1951 through 1945 war damage, Elementary School in Sázavská street was built instead it)
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Gröbe Villa in Havlíčkovy sady
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