Tyrš House - Prague, Czech Republic
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N 50° 05.001 E 014° 24.299
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Tyrš House - Prague
Waymark Code: WMTMCG
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/10/2016
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The oldest preserved photographs of historic Prague come from the early 1850s. The most significant photographers of Prague in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century were Andreas Groll, Vilém Rupp, František Fridrich, Jindrich Eckert, Karel Bellmann, Jan Maloch, Jan Mulac, Rudolf Bruner-Dvorák, and others. Painters also existed who specialised in Prague themes; Václav Jansa (1859- 1913) and Jan Minarík (1862-1937).
This card shows Tyrš House. Since 1921, Tyrš House, also known more historically as Michna Palace, was owned by the Czechoslovak Sokol Village, an important national-orientated physical-education organization.
The Sokol was founded by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindrich Fügner in 1862 as the first physical education organization in the Austro – Hungarian empire at a time of political freedom in the 1860´s.
Michna Palace is in the Lesser Town of Prague and makes a part of Tyrš House.
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Prague, Czech Republic
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Tyrš House
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