Atrium of Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni (Prague)
N 50° 04.712 E 014° 28.564
33U E 462512 N 5547493
Quick Description: A nice example of the whispering gallery you can find in the atrium hall of the modern Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni in Prague.
Location: Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic
Date Posted: 4/24/2010 12:46:30 PM
Waymark Code: WM8NKR
Views: 152
Long Description:
A nice example of the whispering gallery you can find in the atrium hall of the modern (built in 1995) Dorint Hotel Don Giovanni in Prague. The hall you can visit during daytime without any problems and the "area of accoustic effect" in architectonically rare shape of the rotational ellipsoide you can find in the atrium's first floor gallery (diameter ca 15 m). The two acoustic points (well signed by metal tablets) are foci of elliptical roof copula coverig the atrium above you...
Estimated Distance: 15 m
Other Website: [Web Link]
Photography Prohibited?: no
Secret Message:
Gel gb nfx lbhe sevraq sbe hajencvat bs Znef one va gur bccbfvgr npbhfgvp cbvag - lbh jvyy urne ernyyl fhtrfgvir fbhaqf (...naq lbh jvyy or haunccl jvgubhg bja Znef one [:)] ). [decrypt]
Whispering Gallery Website: Not listed
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