Sokolovna Príbram (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 41.443 E 014° 00.676
33U E 428687 N 5504713
Sokolovna (Sokol Center) in Príbram, composed from two interesting buildings constructed in 1903 and 1903, is located in General Tesarík Street (ulice generála Tesaríka) in the town's historic center.
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Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/12/2017
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Sokolovna (Sokol Centre) in Príbram, composed from two interesting buildings constructed in 1903 and 1903, is located in General Tesarík Street (ulice generála Tesaríka) in the town's historic centre.
Sokol in Príbram, founded in 1862, financed and built the first own building in 1902-1903. The spacious neo-Renaissance Sokolovna, designed by architect Alois Eška and constructed by builder Josef Štván, was ceremonially unveiled under the patronage of Príbram City Council on July 25.-26., 1903. A new Functionalist wing decorated by taking-off falcons (sokol), structurally connected with the older building, was added in 1930. Closed by Nazis during WWII, administered by Czechoslovak Union of Physical Education (CSTV) during Communist era, Sokolovna was eventually returned into Sokol Organisation hands after Velvet Revolution in 1989. Recently reconstructed, Sokolovna serves to its original purpose again...