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giant butterflies by David Černý
Obchodní dům Máj / Máj department store
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
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license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
giant butterflies by David Černý
Obchodní dům Máj / Máj department store
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
www.juhele.blogspot.com
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
giant butterflies by David Černý
Obchodní dům Máj / Máj department store
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
www.juhele.blogspot.com
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
giant butterflies by David Černý
Obchodní dům Máj / Máj department store
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
www.juhele.blogspot.com
license CC0 Public Domain Dedication
Jungmannovo náměstí (Prague)
The palace dates back to 1922–1925 and was built in the rondocubist style by the Italian insurance company Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà according to the design of architect Josef Zasch in cooperation with architect Pavel Janák.
IMG_7563 Rondocubism. Adria Palace
Metro Palace No. 961/I / 25 Národní ('National Avenue')
Prague
architect Bohumil Tesař or Bedřich Tesař (1870)
The palace was built in 1870 as a commercial and tenement house for Major Friedrich Bender von Soebelkampf (1821–1881) and his family according to a project by architect Bedřich Tesař as a large three-storey building. The entire core of the building and the central sandstone of three portals have been preserved from that time
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a memorial to the events of the Velvet Revolution, November 17, 1989
'Pamětní deska 17. listopadu'
Otakar Příhoda and Miroslav Krátký, creators
Prague
"Eight human hands protrude from the plaque showing various gestures, the victorious "V", widely used at demonstrations in November 1989, and an outstretched empty palm, which refers to the November slogan "We have bare hands"."
"On November 17, 1989, a permitted demonstration of the Socialist Youth Union took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the closure of Czech universities by the Nazis. After its official end, a large number of demonstrators set out on a march to the city center to express their disagreement with the then communist regime. Police cordons gradually trapped the demonstrators on Národní třída and in the adjacent streets. Police officers from the emergency regiment of the Public Security then began to brutally beat the demonstrators. Those who wanted to escape from the scene had to pass through the passage of Kaňka's Palace on the corner of Národní třída and Mikulandská Street, where the police created a so-called threshing alley. In the following days, the passage became a spontaneous place of reverence, where people brought candles and flowers."
"On November 17, 1989, the ... intervention of the Public Security forces against students took place on the corner of Mikulandská Street, which began the so-called Velvet Revolution, which meant the definitive end of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
This event is commemorated by a memorial plaque on the façade of the Schirding Palace, which stands on the corner of Mikulandská and Národní streets, and commemorative events are held every year on the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy, occasionally associated with demonstrations on current political issues."
wikipedia cz- autotranslated,
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telephoto: decorative sculptures atop the National Theater building
Národní třída (once Ferdinandova Avenue)
Prague
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National Theater
Národní třída (once Ferdinandova Avenue)
Prague
Josef Zítek, Josef Schulz architects
Built 1868-1883
The National Theater was first opened on 11 June 1881 in honor of the visit of Crown Prince Rudolf. On 12 August 1881, a fire broke out, destroying the roof, auditorium and stage of the theater.
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'New Stage' of the National Theater
Built between 1977 and 1983.
Národní, New Town, Prague
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Palác Adria
Rondocubist architecture
Josef Zasche and Pavel Janák
built 1925 by an insurance company (Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà) from (formerly Austrohungarian) Trieste
The sculptural decoration of the palace was created by Otto Gutfreund, Jan Štursa, František Anýž, Karel Dvořák, Bohumil Kafka and Adolf Mayerl, who portrayed ten dancing figures between the windows of the first floor
Jungmannovo náměstí , and Národní třída, Prague
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National Theater
opened 1883
Prague
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Spálená street
New Town, Prague
"On June 3, 1506, a fire destroyed 20 houses, which is why the street has been called Spálená since 1518"
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Prague, Czech Republic
station opened November 2, 1985
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view of Prague, in the foreground Most Legií / Legion Bridge
location: Prague, Czech Republic
remark: GPS location not always precise
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Quadrio multifunctional complex and the kinetic sculpture Head of Franz Kafka by David Černý
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
www.juhele.blogspot.com
license CC BY-SA
Quadrio multifunctional complex and the kinetic sculpture Head of Franz Kafka by David Černý
location: Prague, Czech Republic
author: Jan Helebrant
www.juhele.blogspot.com
license CC BY-SA
