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The chairman of The Friends of Czech Heritage, Peter Jamieson, contributed a paper during a study day at the University of Venice 22nd-24th March concerning the repair of plaster surfaces. Below, the Czech specialist plasterer Filip Trunečka demonstrates traditional plastering techniques at the Padua Building School, looking on are students from Pa...
If necessary, please use an internet function to translate this item: Na zamku Kynžvart je restaurovan unikátní středověký kodex s finančním přispěním zahraniční nadace The Friends of Czech Heritage Rukopis na pergamenu ze sbírek Státního zámku Kynžvart, donedávna v havarijním stavu, byl díky šťastným okolnostem odborně restaurován, a tedy zachráně...
Martyn Bond, a former foreign correspondent specialising in European affairs, spoke about Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, better known on the Continent than in Britain. Few anywhere know that the man whom Hitler damned in Mein Kampf as a ‘cosmopolitan bastard’ travelled on a Czechoslovak diplomatic passport for twenty years between the two W...
The Friends of Czech Heritage have aided several projects at the château since 2008 and now a major grant from the EU and the Czech Ministry of Culture has secured the restoration/conservation of an entire wing, a project just completed. The château in south Moravia near the border with Austria is one of the most extensive in the Czech lands and in...
A talk by Milan Svoboda from the dining room of the Château of Konopiště on reconstructing a dessert banqueting table, service à la française style, and the culture of dining and table setting in 17th and 18th centuries. A Baroque table with its pomp and monumental decorations boldly reflected the splendour of the surrounding gardens and architectu...
In May 1421 a Latin copy of the Bible was finished in hiding from a Hussite army at the castle of Lipnice nad Sázavou. It later became known as the Lipnice Bible. The Association for the Rescue of the Birthplace of Jan Zrzavý in the neighbouring village of Okrouhlice first learned of the manuscript in 2015 and decided to find out where the Lipnice ...
At the time of the Velvet Revolution the Château of Uherčice was forgotten and semi-ruinous. Since then it has gradually been brought back to life, partly with the help of grants from The Friends of Czech Heritage. Slowly the pace of restoration has increased. The latest phase of restoration works has been made possible by a very substantial grant ...
One of the great pioneers of Modern architecture, Adolf Loos, between 1907 and 1932 enriched the architectural environment of Pilsen for affluent Jewish clients. They had in common not only commercial, social and family ties, but also a desire for lavish, impressive interiors which he unquestionably satisfied. Born in Brno in 1870, h...
The City of Salisbury lies in the Avon Valley at the confluence of five rivers. It is a medieval ‘new town’, being founded in 1220 when the construction of the new cathedral commenced. This was finished in a remarkably short time in 1258 and is therefore one of the most complete examples of Early English building in Britain. The tower and soaring s...
A talk by Daniel Low-Beer, a grandson whose surviving relatives never returned to their homeland 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 industrialists, textile producers, diplomats, movers and shakers, who were building the new rep...
