Communist Era

Hotel Crowne Plaza, formerly known as Hotel Druzba, Hotel Cedok, International Hotel and even Holiday Inn, is the largest Stalinist building in Prague. Built between 1952 and 1954 under the watchful eye of the Minister of Defense Alexej Cepicka, the building was a fantasy come true for Stalin, as it is a miniature copy of the Seven Sisters group of skyscrapers in Moscow. The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is similar as well. The Hotel Crowne Plaza is 88 meters high and has 16 floors, complete with a fallout shelter for 600 plus people. Inside the grand hotel you will find colorful ...

At the top of Wenceslas Square next to the majestic National Museum is an unattractive Communist era building. Resembling a giant black glass table that just so happened to sit on another building, this eyesore is anything but pleasing. From 1966-1973 the old building that housed the original Exchange was destroyed to make way for the Communist Parliament, a glass monstrosity with two giant pillars. The building is still complete with nuclear shelters. The demands of the Velvet Revolution were accepted here in 1989 and the building was the of home of Radio Free Europe who rented the location ...

The Zizkov Television Tower at 216 meters is the highest structure in the city of Prague. Built between 1985 and 1992, started by the Communists, the tower was once resented by local inhabitants, as the megalomaniac tower forever changed the skyline of Prague and also destroyed part of a centuries old Jewish cemetery where the foundations of the tower are located. The reputation among Czechs has changed over time due to a strange art installation in 2000 from the famous Czech artist David Cerny. The tower still stands out like a sore thumb in the skyline of Prague, but now there are ten giant ...

The Panelaks are concrete monstrosities located on the outskirts of town, situated on the perimeter of Prague. These housing projects were built to house a classless society with everyone living and coexisting side by side in harmony. The Panelaks were actually inspired by Le Corbusier, who wished for people to live in small efficient cities, that were practical, simple, and comfortable. Borrowing the design of Le Corbusier did not, however leave any inspiring structure, instead it left behind nothing more than concrete ghosts of Communism. Recent alterations to the Panelaks have left the ...

Hotel Crowne Plaza, formerly known as Hotel Druzba, Hotel Cedok, International Hotel and even Holiday Inn, is the largest Stalinist building in Prague. Built between 1952 and 1954 under the watchful eye of the Minister of Defense Alexej Cepicka, the building was a fantasy come true for Stalin, as it is a miniature copy of the Seven Sisters group of skyscrapers in Moscow. The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is similar as well. The Hotel Crowne Plaza is 88 meters high and has 16 floors, complete with a fallout shelter for 600 plus people. Inside the grand hotel you will find colorful ...

At the top of Wenceslas Square next to the majestic National Museum is an unattractive Communist era building. Resembling a giant black glass table that just so happened to sit on another building, this eyesore is anything but pleasing. From 1966-1973 the old building that housed the original Exchange was destroyed to make way for the Communist Parliament, a glass monstrosity with two giant pillars. The building is still complete with nuclear shelters. The demands of the Velvet Revolution were accepted here in 1989 and the building was the of home of Radio Free Europe who rented the location ...

The Zizkov Television Tower at 216 meters is the highest structure in the city of Prague. Built between 1985 and 1992, started by the Communists, the tower was once resented by local inhabitants, as the megalomaniac tower forever changed the skyline of Prague and also destroyed part of a centuries old Jewish cemetery where the foundations of the tower are located. The reputation among Czechs has changed over time due to a strange art installation in 2000 from the famous Czech artist David Cerny. The tower still stands out like a sore thumb in the skyline of Prague, but now there are ten giant ...

The Panelaks are concrete monstrosities located on the outskirts of town, situated on the perimeter of Prague. These housing projects were built to house a classless society with everyone living and coexisting side by side in harmony. The Panelaks were actually inspired by Le Corbusier, who wished for people to live in small efficient cities, that were practical, simple, and comfortable. Borrowing the design of Le Corbusier did not, however leave any inspiring structure, instead it left behind nothing more than concrete ghosts of Communism. Recent alterations to the Panelaks have left the ...

Located in the Old Town district of Prague and situated on Republic Square is Kotva Department Store. Kotva Department Store is famous for its strange Communist era architecture and for its separate kiosk stores located inside. Kotva was finished in 1975 and consists of an iron and concrete skeleton that is divided into six units giving the building a unique design. Each of these six units features different shops and different spaces but put together form a rather dynamic space. This extraordinary building sticks out in Republic Square as it was built in between historic houses and is ...

In the lush green space that is Letna Park you will find a most interesting and simply put, magical building. The Expo 58 Restaurant was designed by Frantisek Cubr, Josef Hruby and Zdenek Pokorny for the Expo 58 Brussels World’s Fair and helped to bring international fame and respect to the Czechoslovak Pavilion, which ended up winning the sought after award for best pavilion. The building was disassembled after the fair and brought back to Prague and placed in Letna Park where it opened for business in 1961 becoming not only a source of national pride but also a symbol of the 1960s. It ...