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Hunger Wall
Muro del Hambre
Hunger Wall (Petrín Hill, Prague) – this wall, located on top of Petrín Hill, was built in 1360, when King Charles IV ordered it to be built as a defense fortification for Prague Castle against attacks from the west and south. The wall got its name, since a major famine took place during the wall’s construction, and the poor and starving locals worked on it as a source of employment. The money they earned from the wall’s construction enabled these workers to feed their families.