CoA of Bohemia on Horácek Villa / Znak Cech na Horáckove vile - Kutná Hora (Central Bohemia)
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Depicted coat of arms of historic Czech land, Bohemia (Cechy), decorates Art Nouveau NE-oriented front façade of Horácek Villa (Horáckova villa) in Kutná Hora.
Waymark Code: WM12AMQ
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/15/2020
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Depicted coat of arms of historic Czech land, Bohemia (Cechy), decorates Art Nouveau NE-oriented front façade of Horácek Villa (Horáckova villa) in Kutná Hora.
Villa of Comenius school teacher and Kutná Hora regional historian Alois Horácek is a two-storey corner building with an Art Nouveau façade and distinctively decorated gables in neo-Renaissance style. The floors are separated by a continuous cornice. The ground floor is revitalized by flat belt rusty and the floor is decorated with Art Nouveau sgraffito with CoAs of historic Czech lands (Bohemia, Moreavia, Silesia). The corners are rounded. A gable roof covered with slate in the corners is decorated with vases. Intact preserved house with lots of valuable original details. An integral part of the house is a garden with partially preserved original greenery and enclosure wall with interesting folklore conceived wooden doors.
Bohemia (Cechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech lands in the present-day Czech Republic. In a broader meaning, Bohemia sometimes refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, especially in a historical context, such as the Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by Bohemian kings. Bohemia was a duchy of Great Moravia, later an independent principality, a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently a part of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Austrian Empire. After World War I and the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state, the whole of Bohemia became a part of Czechoslovakia. [wiki]