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The Friends of Czech Heritage have contributed over the past two years to an important initiative named ‘On the surface’, which was in instigated in 2021 by ‘1st Framework’, The Friends of Czech Heritage, The Gem Awards and the University of Venice Architecture Department. This arose from a concern for the way surface finishes of historic buildings...
We held two one-week working holidays at Červený Dvůr in South Bohemia. The team has mainly been engaged in painting the exterior and interior of the Mauricovna, which has been one of our projects for several years. The appearance of the Maurocovna has been transformed with a coat of yellow paint. While we were working an elderly lady visiting from...
The Low-Beer family founded a textile producing company in Brněnec more than 200 years ago. The factory was confiscated after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in 1938 and in 1944 Oskar Schindler took it over. What happened next was the basis for Schindler's Ark, the historical novel by Thomas Keneally, which Steven Spielberg turned ...
Tuesday 26th September 2023 at 19:00Czech Centre in the Czech Embassy Cinema. The popular Women in Focus series from the Czech Centre London is set to continue after the summer with a talk by the world-renowned, Czech-born architect Eva Jiřičná. During the talk Ms Jiřičná, who is best known for her shop interiors and residential projects, will disc...
Buscot Park, near the town of Faringdon, is a Grade II* listed building in Neoclassical style, constructed between 1780 and 1783 was the desitnation for our outing on 18th July. The house and estate were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1956. The contents, including works of art by Rembrandt and Burne-Jones, are owned by the Faringdon Collection...
For details or to book a place apply to: Brněnec, Moravia, Saturday 5th to Saturday 12th August Brněnec is a village in the Pardubice Region. The Low-Beer family founded a textile-producing company here more than 200 years ago. The factory was confiscated after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany in 1938 and...
'DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE' or 'Piety and Piracy'The walk is a rich mixture of architecture, including lovely churches, and a delightful secret chapel, history and water - a lot is along the river. The walk is being led by Anne-Marie Craven. 10.45 Walk starts in Trinity Square Gardens (near Tower Hill tube station)12.30ish Lunch at suitable pub14.00ish...
A talk by Richard Bassett on Tuesday 28th March 2023 at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. Our lecturer described not only many historical events but also supplied background to the lives of those who influenced the arts, culture and even history in central Europe in the 20th century. He rel...
The Birkbeck Garden History Group, in association with The Friends of Czech Heritage, held a Study Day to explore the history and development of some of the Czech Republic’s distinctive gardens, from Baroque to modern. Venue: Institute of Education, University College London (UCL), Room 642, 20 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0AL. Image, right, Michael S...
‘Starting from zero’ was the theme of the event in the ruined Schindler’s Ark on 30th July 2022 – ‘creating newness out of ruins – new stories, new textiles, new film, new music, new theatre’. New testimonies of second-generation survivors were released, including of the daughters of Joseph Bau, their parents married in the camp in Schindler’s List...
