![]() ![]() Vendors of fish were the most numerous as the Old Town market had a privilege for fish for the long time. In the north-western part of the square near the Town Hall there was a fish market. On the south side there were vendors of mushrooms, strawberries and other forest products, and also game, vegetables, butter, cheese cakes, grease, wreaths, skirts and other goods were sold there. ![]() Portable stalls were occupied by bakers, potters, manufacturers of wood products, herbalists, ginger bread producers and other craftsmen selling their goods. ![]() Even the Town Hall building itself was surrounded by shops of marketers. Around the base of the town hall tower there were thirteen stone cots, where the most expensive imported cloth was sold. At the square there were both fixed and portable shops. Regular and annual markets of various goods took place here. For them the Hospital with the Church of the Virgin Mary, inns and stables were founded in the 10th century. The square was near the former customs house (Ungelt), where the goods imported by foreign merchants were always cleared. Its history dates back to the 10th century, when it served as a marketplace at the crossroads of European trade routes. The Old Town Square is the oldest and most significant square in the historical centre of Prague. ![]()
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