place
Old Town Square, Prague
the Ring
also: the Ring, Staroměstské námestí, Altstädter Ring
Prague's Old Town Square, called der Ring in German; in 1621 twenty-seven Bohemian Protestant lords were beheaded here after the defeat at White Mountain.
Reading notes
- Early Poems §61 Ring
The Ring is Prague's Old Town Square (Staroměstské námestí); in 1621, after the defeat at White Mountain, twenty-seven Bohemian Protestant lords were beheaded before the Town Hall here. By moonlight their ghosts process from the Týn Church.