The Friends of Czech Heritage: keeping you informed about our activities
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Please note that the working holidays are booked by emailing . Current plans are as follows:
Teplice nad Metují, 4th - 11th September 2021
Krásný Dvůr, 11th - 18th September 2021.
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The Legacy of the Low-Beer Family in the Czech Republic A talk by Daniel Low-Beer, a grandson whose surviving relatives never returned to their homeland Wednesday 26th May 2021, 6pm, on Zoom. Before the Munich Agreement and the Nazi horrors descended on Czechoslovakia, Jews were central to the cultural and economic life of Brno. The Low-Beers were ...
A SPECIAL TOUR OF SOME OF LONDON'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARKS 10.30am, morning: Apsley House and Wellington Arch. 2.30pm Walking tour by Anne-Marie Craven, to include the following: - History of the Royal Parks and the developments within Hyde Park including the Serpentine, Rotten Row and Decimus Burton’s work.- Hyde Park Corner, discussion of the speci...
Following the deadly scourge of plague in 1679 and the relief of the Turkish Siege in 1683 the Viennese, with improved security, embarked on a great building programme which would provide visible proof of triumphant Catholicism and the Imperial Ideal. Two important Central European architects emerged at this time, Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach ...
An online lecture by Barbara Peacock, one of the founders of The Friends of Czech Heritage, was held on Thursday 4th March 2021. The Czech lands have a magnificent architectural legacy with one of the densest concentrations of great houses in Europe. This talk explored the development of the great house (zámek) from late mediaeval times through the...
John East of the 20th Century Society gave a fascinating talk about buildings constructed in the Czech and Slovak lands during the 20th century. The wealth of modern buildings dating from the 1920s and 30s in particular, was a revelation and demonstrated the confidence of the young Czechoslovak state as it developed its new identity. Though this pe...
The City of Brno has received 36 million Czech Crowns/ GBP£1,234,000 from the Norway Funds for the repair of the Arnold Villa. The Secessionist/Art Nouveau villa, standing next to the Tugendhat and Löw-Beer villas, is one of the most endangered Czech monuments. The aim is to use the building and its garden to create a centre for dialogue about the ...
In May 2020 the ILUCIDARE Consortium, the European Commission and Europa Nostra announced the shortlisted projects for the first edition of the ILUCIDARE Special Prizes within the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards. These projects are "outstanding examples of heritage-led innovation and international relations around Europe". The Frien...
The centenary of the foundation of the Bauhaus in Germany and its influence on design are reminders of the honesty of hand craft and the influence of mass production. Peter Jamieson, an architect and our Chairman, has been a member and an active supporter of SPAB (The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) for many years. His article 'Craft, accuracy and production' appears on the SPAB website, click here.
Image of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, copyright Stefan Oemisch
In 2011 The Friends of Czech Heritage secured funding to stop the collapse of the ceiling in this spectacular hall, among other projects that we have carried out there since 2008. The complex is a Renaissance château with Baroque and Neo-Classical modifications, comprising five courtyards including ceremonial, residential and agricultural areas, wa...
The Friends held two very productive working parties at Červený Dvůr in South Bohemia at the end of May and beginning of June. The numbers were small but sometimes this can be an advantage, especially when doing semi-skilled tasks, as we were. The project was centred around the reconstruction of the two gatehouses, which formerly guarded the main c...
