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OUR PATRON RECEIVES THE HIGHEST CZECH ORDER

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Architect Eva Jiřičná has been awarded the highest honour bestowed by the Czech Republic, the Order of the White Lion At a ceremony in the Vladislav Hall of Prague Castle marking Czech Independence Day last week, on October 28th 2024, hosted by Czech President Petr Pavel, the London-based architect was among more than 50 people decorated for outsta...

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LECTURE 28.01.25 - COURIER: MY LIFE AS A SPY IN COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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A Talk by Professor Mark Cornwall, on 28th January 2025, 6.30pm, in the Embassy of the Czech Republic, 26-30 Kensington Palace Gardens, London W8 4QY. 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 follo...

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LECTURE 08.10.24: THE CZECH CONNECTION

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Edward Peacock writes: "Congratulations to The Friends of Czech Heritage and Caroline Cannon-Brookes for such an interesting talk last night, illustrating historic links between Britain and Bohemia over the centuries. We saw the Bohemian Queen of England, Richard II’s wife Anne; we tried to reform the Church with Wycliffe and Hus; we went sightseei...

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The Restoration of the Château Aided by The Friends

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Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi is recognised as one of the founders of the Pan European movement in the inter-war period and whose influence can be seen in the founding of the European Union. His family château at Poběžovice is steadily being restored from its ruinous state by the local municipality and The Friends have given a grant towards the conser...

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Working Party in Brněnec in September 2024 - FULLY BOOKED

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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 in 1944 Oskar Schindler took it over. What happened next was the basis for Schindler's Ark, the historical novel by Thomas ...

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Working Party in Teplice nad Metují in August and September - FULLY BOOKED

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EVENT FULLY BOOKED This is taking place from Sunday 25 August - Sunday 1 September. The resort town of Teplice nad Metují is situated in rolling, forested country of northern Bohemia near the Czech border with Poland. The Baroque Church of the Virgin Mary has a historic hermitage attached to it, which is being painstakingly restored by a small loca...

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LECTURE 24.06.24: CZECH FUNCTIONALISM 1918-1938

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Professor Vladimír Šlapeta’s lecture in the Czech Embassy on 'Czech Functionalism' in the inter-war period, was a revelation. His unrivalled command of his subject gave the audience a privileged view of the astounding creativity of the Czechoslovak nation during this period. Image, from left to right: Ivan Margolius (architectural historian), Sir J...

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Celebrating Cooperation in South Bohemia

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On Saturday 18th May 2024 a recital was held in the Château of Červený Dvůr in South Bohemia to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the Mauricovna, or Park Keeper's cottage, in the grounds. On a glorious sunny evening we were entertained by a string quartet from the Czech Philharmonic with a sublime programme of Czech music. It was a mem...

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The Arnold Villa in Brno Restored

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The completion of the restoration of the Arnold Villa is welcome news and is another piece in the history of the Low-Beer family and their association with Brno and the Villa Tugendhat.The Friends joined a local working party of students in the grounds of the Arnold Villa in the summer of 2017 when they were undertaking initial clearance of the ove...

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MAY 2024: WORKING PARTY IN MORAVIA

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The Friends held a very successful volunteer working party at the Abbey Church at Žďár nad Sázavou in Moravia in late May when they were joined by members of the church. We accomplished two tasks. The first was the removal of the rotten pine shingle capping on the boundary of the Lower Cemetery (which was in fact never used for burials), designed b...

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