Sady v hradebním okruhu – Vídeň vs. Praha

A typical location for the development of public green areas became in the 19th century a fortification circuit, especially in cities just removing the walls. This article describes two different examples of planning and planting public parks in the area of the fortification circuit after removing the walls – Vienna and Prague. Vienna had chosen grand planning process, which stood on three pillars: anonymous international competition, committee composed of a broad spectrum of experts and fund for the expansion of the city, which subsidised the project. That resulted in the successful implementation of a representative Ringstraße with its many parks. On the other side is Prague, which had missed this chance. Instead of the circuit system of public greenery, only several individual parks were established and most of them destroyed in the 20th century. Article explains different causes of development of both cities and their completely different results.