The Friends of Czech Heritage
The Friends' Work
A six minute video about our work
Friends' shortlisted for ILUCIDARE Special Prizes
What The Friends of Czech Heritage Do
The Friends of Czech Heritage is a British charity campaigning to raise funds for the repair and conservation of the substantial legacy of historic buildings and their contents, artefacts, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic.
We are able to give small grants to a variety of projects and welcome applications from owners of historic buildings, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic. Properties may be privately owned, or may belong to the State or a local municipality, please see the map for locations where we have been active.
Please tell us about the cultural, historical and educational importance of your property, and the extent of public access. Outline what funds you need and what you would wish to do with the help or money. Grants are given subject to certain conditions, which we can be sent on request.
Read about the founding and history of The Friends:
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About the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, situated in the heart of Europe and comprising the historic regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia, has a cultural legacy of international significance, with twelve UNESCO-listed sites.
This small country has castles that are such a dramatic feature of the landscape, reflecting Bohemia's power and influence in the Middle Ages, and the largest concentration of great houses and palaces in Europe, built by Renaissance magnates and the wealthy nobility of the Habsburg Empire.
Europa Nostra Webinar
In this video recording our Chairman, Peter Jamieson, and Co-founder, Barbara Peacock, tell a Europa Nostra UK webinar about the charity and the impact it has had in preserving Czech heritage while building links with the UK.
Events, Lectures and Working Parties
Lectures are held at 6.30pm in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY.
Lecture 28.01.2025: Courier: My Life as a Spy in Communist Czechoslovakia, by Prof. Mark Cornwall. This talk explores the subject of secret police surveillance in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Prof. Cornwall draws on his own surveillance file, asking why, when and where he was being followed and assessed by the StB (the Czechoslovak security police).
You may register and pay online here.
You may register and pay at the door here.
Our Three Weeks of Working Parties in Teplice nad Metují and in Brněnec in August and September 2024 were fully booked.
