Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

CZECH REPUBLIC 265

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116 km (72 miles) E of Prague.

* 100,000. £ Pouchovská

153. @ Pouchovská 153.
     n Velké náměstí 165, 495 512


154. _ Folklore Festival (early
     Jun), International Jazz Festival
     (Oct). http://www.ic-hk.cz

P Prague Bridge

The 60-m (200-ft) long

bridge (Pražskỳ most) was

designed by Jan Kotěra in

1910. It replaced the oldest
      bridge in Hradec Králové,
      dating from 1796. Between
      1910 and 1912, Kotěra added
      four pavilions to house shops.
      The architect also gave it
      distinctive fairy lighting and
      masts with the town’s
      emblem. The bridge leads
      into the section of the New
      Town across the Labe.

moderního uměni) was
designed in 1912 by Osvald
Polívka. Inside is an extensive
collect ion of works by the
finest Czech artists, including
Jan Zrzavý, Jan Preisler, Josef
Váchal, Václav Špála, Josef
Čapek and Jiří Kolář.

u Former Synagogue
Československé armády.
This distinctive building
(synagoga) has a magnificent
dome overlaid with sheet
copper. It was completed in
1905 to a design by Václav
Weinzettel, in the Art Nouveau
style, with some Oriental ele-
ments. Apart from the prayer
hall it also included the
domes tic quarters of the
rabbi, the shammash and the
caretaker; there was also a

meeting room and space for

the archives. The building

served the Jewish community

until World War II. After 1960

it was acquired and renovated

by the Hradec Králové

Research Library, and it

remains a library today.

E East Bohemia’s Regional

Museum

Elíščino nábřeží 465. Tel 495 514 624.

# 9am–5pm Tue–Sun. & 7

http://www.muzeumhk.cz

The building of East Bohemia’s

Regional Museum (Krajské

muzeum východních Čech)

is one of the prime examples

of Bohemian Modernism.

It was built between 1909

and 1912 to a design by Jan

Kotěra. Inside, are some

interesting exhibits – in parti-

cular, a scale model of the

town from 1865, complete

with all of its fortifications.

Impressive entrance hall of the
Modern Art Gallery

View of the Labe river from the Prague Bridge

Key to Symbols see back flap

HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ

TOWN CENTRE

Big Square 1

Cathedral of the Holy

Ghost 2

Church of the Assumption

of the Virgin Mary 4

East Bohemia’s Regional

Museum 7

Former Synagogue 6

Modern Art Gallery 5

Prague Bridge 8

White Tower 3

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Cathedral of the
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Špulák House
Former
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East Bohemia’s
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Church of the Assumption
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Modern
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