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Prague 4, day 199: Park Adolfa Borna
Park Adolfa Borna was opened in 2020. Adolf Born was born in České Velenice in 1930 – which was formerly one town along with Gmünd, which is now not only a separate town but is across the border in Austria. In his late teens, he started studying art education at the Faculty of Education at Continue reading
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Prague 2, day 124: Ladova
Originally published on X on 14 March 2023. Ladova was built in 1925. Until 1961, this was ‘V Ohradách’, ‘In the Enclosures’ (approx). Until the 19th century, there were warehouses here where firewood and wood for construction purposes were stored. Josef Lada was born in Hrusice (nowadays in Prague-East) in 1887. An accident at the Continue reading
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