Parkán
Narrow medieval street of small houses wedged into an old defensive moat beside the river.
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This guide to Parkán in Český Krumlov starts with a crack running up a house wall and traces it back to the old town moat these houses were built over once it was filled in during the fifteen forties. It follows the flood defenses engineered after the 2002 disaster, and a local engineer named Pešek, who warned that hardening the riverbank would dry the moat beneath these old foundations. Look for that crack as you walk the row of guesthouses and taverns lining the street.
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