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A Talk by John East, 30th April 2024, 6.30pm, in the Czech Embassy, London. Against a background of various forms of oppression, the UK benefited from the arrival of Czech and Slovak architects escaping the brutalities of the Nazi regime in the late 1930s and more recently the oppression of the post-World War Two Communist state. Ėmigré architects ...
2nd-6th May 2024 in the Royal Pump Rooms on The Parade, All Saints Church, and Holy Trinity Church Thursday 2nd May7.30pm Concert - Amici della Musica: quartet Friday 3rd May12.00pm Recital - Martin Kasík: piano 7.00pm Coffee Concert - Guarneri Piano Trio Saturday 4th May11.00am Concert - Kukal String Quartet 3.30pm Talk: 'Dvořák in Britain' by Dav...
Heritage Site at Žďár nad Sázavou Participants will work on the restoration of buildings in the Lower Cemetery (which was in fact never used for burials), built by the famous Baroque architect J. B. Santini-Aichel. No prior skill is required. During the week there will be the opportunity to visit some of the region’s houses and castles. The UNESCO ...
A talk by Prof. Vladimír Šlapeta on Monday 24th June 2024 at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. Under the motto "catch up and overtake Europe" after the end of WWI, the newly created state - Czechoslovakia - began to build its existence. In architecture, it meant the creation of a new identi...
This is one of a series of talks in which Europa Nostra features award-winning projects and heritage community initiatives that are of particular interest to the UK. In this recording from 28th March 2024, you can hear our Chairman, Peter Jamieson, and Co-founder, Barbara Peacock, tell us about the beginnings of this charity and the impact they hav...
All barristers must belong to one of the four Inns of Court, all of which are in the heart of London where the English legal system was developed. The tour visited all four of the Inns of Court, all of which are in the heart of London where the English legal system was developed. The weather was bright and sunny with gusts of wind and occasional li...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský awarded the Gratias Agit Prize 2023 for spreading the good name of the Czech Republic abroad to eight individuals and one organisation, including our editor Jana Sommerlad, seen fourth from the left in the photograph, click here.
The BCC in the Czech Republic chose our work for day 5 of its Advent calendar on Facebook: The link to projects led to this list: The Park Keeper's cottage, Červený Dvůr restoration of the ruinous building over a period of ten years by volunteers and local craftsmen to become a therapy unit for the hospital. This was completed in the summer of 2023...
A talk by Caroline Cannon-Brookes on Tuesday 13th February 2024 in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. The 1905 Baedeker’s guide to Austria-Hungary states in its historical introduction “The endeavours of the Habsburgs assisted by the Jesuits, who were practically all powerful in Bohemia and Moravia, t...
2-6 MayBased in the Royal Pump Rooms on The Parade Czech music dominates the programme marking the bicentenary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, and also the fiftieth anniversary of The Dvořák Society. The music not only includes works by the four best-known Czech composers, Smetana, Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů, but also by lesser-known artists. Com...
