1903 - Horáckova villa / Horácek Villa - Kutná Hora (Central Bohemia)
N 49° 56.886 E 015° 16.250
33U E 519430 N 5532895
The depicted engraved date 1903 marks year of construction of the Horácek Villa (Horáckova villa), an architecturally high-quality building designed and built by Bohuslav Moravec in Kutná Hora.
Waymark Code: WM12AMP
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/15/2020
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The depicted engraved date 1903 marks year of construction of the Horácek Villa (Horáckova villa), an architecturally high-quality building designed and built by Bohuslav Moravec 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.
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