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The building is of the Art Nouveau architecture style. [3] The building exterior has allegorical art and stucco. There is a mosaic called Homage to Prague by Karel Špillar over the entrance. [1] On either side are allegorical sculpture groups representing The Degradation of the People and The Resurrection of the People by Ladislav Šaloun. [4]
An estimated 150,000 people gathered on Wenceslas Square, and skirmishes with police developed. A group of provocateurs then attacked the Prague office of the Soviet airline Aeroflot, located on the street. The vandalism served as a pretext for reprisals and the period of so-called normalization.
London is considered a significant fashion capital, but in contrast to Milan and Paris, London's look is closer to the fashion sense of royalty, traditions and strong street style culture. [ citation needed ] The city was a pioneer in the development and promotion of second-hand markets and underground tendencies in street style.
Celetná street. Celetná (German: Zeltnergasse) is a street in the Old Town, Prague, connecting the Old Town Square with the Powder Gate. [1] It is one of the oldest streets in Prague and is part of the Royal Route. [2] The street is approximately 400 meters long and trams once ran on it, today most of the street has the status of a pedestrian ...
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In 1882 the Prague City Council donated to the Museum Committee a small café pavilion built in 1876 on the site of the original city walls near the St Christopher’s Bastion. In the first half of 1883, the Committee and the newly appointed museum keeper (administrator) installed the first exhibitions, which were opened to the public on 12 May.
Charles Square originated as a part of the New Town of Prague founded in 1348 by emperor Charles IV. With Wenceslas Square (Horse Market) and Senovážné náměstí (Hay Market) it became one of three main squares of the newly founded town. These squares were connected with one street (today streets Vodičkova and Jindřišská).
A typical building in the Brussels style was the Czech Expo pavilion (no longer existing) and the building of the Czech restaurant (currently in Letná Park, Prague). Other important buildings in the Brussels style are the Z pavilion in the exhibition center in Brno, the swimming pool in Podolí and the railway station in Havířov.