Jižní Mesto svítí - Prague, Czech Republic
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Jižní Mesto svítí song by Ivan Mládek
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Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/02/2020
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About Ivan Mládek
Ivan Mládek (
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A lot of his songs contain references to places in the Czech Republic. In this song Mládek singing about Jižní Mesto.
Jižní Mesto (colloquially Jižnák or Jižák and abbreviated JM) is a panel housing estate situated in an open area in the southeast of Prague. Its name translates from Czech to English as "South City" or "South Town". Home to most of the 90,000 inhabitants of the municipal district Prague 11, part of the Prague 4 administrative district, it is the largest housing estate in the Czech Republic.
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