Nusle is a district of Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, created in 1922). Part of Nusle is in Prague 2

Prague 2

Prague 2, formally the Prague 2 Municipal District , is a second-tier municipality in Prague. It is co-extensive with the national administrative district of the same name....

 while most is in Prague 4

Prague 4

Prague 4, formally the Prague 4 Municipal District , is a second-tier municipality in Prague. The administrative district of the same name constists of municipal districts Prague 4 and Kunratice....

. Nusle are located south of the city centre in Nuselské údolí (Nusle Valley) on the Botič brook. There are interesting a rustically building of Nusle Town Hall from the year 1908, and a late old Nusle brewery from 1694, and parish church of St. Wenceslaus built 1899. It borders Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad

Vyšehrad is a castle located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. It was probably built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River...

 to the west, the New Town

New Town, Prague

The New Town is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague...

 and Vinohrady

Vinohrady

Vinohrady is a cadastral district in Prague. It is so named because the area was once covered in vineyards dating from the 14th century...

 to the north and Vršovice

Vršovice

Vršovice is a district of Prague. All of Vršovice lies within the Prague 10 administrative district. Vršovice is located south of the city centre. It borders Vinohrady to the north, Nusle to the south-west, Michle to the south and Strašnice to the east....

 to the east. The southern part of Nusle, on a plain above the valley, is known as Pankrác

Pankrác

Pankrác is a neighborhood of Prague, Czech Republic. It is located south of the city centre on the hills of the right bank of the Vltava River and is part of the Prague 4 district as a deal of Nusle quarter. The name derives from the local baroque initially very old church of St Pancras, which is...

 for the St. Pankratz church.

A large bridge, Nuselský most

Nusle Bridge

Nusle Bridge is a concrete viaduct in Prague, passing over the district of Nusle in Prague 4. It spans the Nusle Valley and connects the Pankrác district and south-eastern parts of the city, as well as the D1 motorway with the central part of the city. Below the six-lane highway on the surface,...

(Nusle Bridge), one of the largest in the Czech Republic, connects the opposite sides of the valley. The bridge is 485 m long, 26.5 m wide and is 42.5 m above ground. Over 300 people have committed suicide

Suicide

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 by jumping from it since 1973, when the bridge was finished. The C line

Line C (Prague Metro)

Line C is a line on the Prague Metro. It crosses the right-bank half of the city center in the north-south directions and turns to the east at both ends of the line. It is the system's oldest and most used line, being opened in 1974 and transporting roughly 26,900 persons per hour in the peak. The...

of the Prague Metro runs along the lower level of the bridge and Vyšehrad Station is at the southern end of the Bridge.