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Troja

Troja occupies a bend of the Vltava north of the centre and holds the Baroque Troja Chateau, the botanical garden and the city zoo on the slopes above the river.

Type
cadastral area
Status
An official administrative unit with a defined boundary.

Troja is a cadastral area of Prague, split administratively between the municipal district of Troja and Prague 7.

What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Parks & gardens1
  • Civic & heritage1

Places in Troja

Parks & gardens

Prague Botanical Garden

Troja

The Prague Botanical Garden in Troja covers a terraced hillside north of the city centre and includes the Fata Morgana tropical greenhouse and a restored historic vineyard.

Civic & heritage

Troja Chateau

Troja

Troja Chateau is a Baroque summer palace of the 1680s in Prague's Troja, built for Count Sternberg with a monumental garden staircase carved with the battle of the gods and giants.

2 of 2 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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