Walking through Prague’s parks: Prague used to have its Venice. There was also a maternity hospital
The first mentions, which have been mentioned since 1118. The island is named after real fights. These took place here from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century. A wooden arena was even built here, in which hunts for dogs, such as bears, were or deer, are held. It was not until 1806 that the then emperor stopped the bloody party.
Native Venetians
This is the name of the people of Prague who were born in the maternity hospital in Štvanice, which was formerly called Great Venice. On the contrary, Little Venice was the name for Shooting Island. The former maternity hospital or Čsl. protection of mothers and children, stood on the island since the end of the 19th century. Specifically in the places where the statue of a sitting girl by Jaroslav Horejc is located today.
The arches of the Libeň Bridge will remain. Rohan Island will be an island again
The island did not escape the floods of 2002. It stopped the planned revitalization. MeridianSpa intended a spa and park here. Due to the central location of the island, the location of the concert hall was also considered. The architectural competition for the solution of the island of Štvanice took place in 2013. The competition was two-round, the highest awarded project comes from the RKAW studio (Radek and Lada Kolařík). They proposed to transform the island into a continuously forested city park, in which the crowns of tall trees create space for various activities and various uses.
Gold at the World Cup
Štvanice is also connected with sports activities. At the end of the twentieth century, the weir of the locks was completely reconstructed here and a complex for water slalom skiers was built together with it. A year before its completion, the Štvanice Tennis Complex was opened. During the First Republic, the Štvanice winter stadium was built here according to the design of Josef Fuchs. It was the first arena with an artificial ice rink in our territory. In 1947, the Czechoslovak national team won the Ice Hockey World Championship here for the first time.
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In 2000, the building was declared a cultural monument, but eleven years later it was demolished due to its state of emergency. This year, the City Council approved the intention to revitalize the capital of the public contract, which follows on from the 2013 competition. “After the revitalization, it will gradually become a recreational background for Prague 1, 7 and 8.” The purchase of the building was approved by the councilors of the capital; m of Prague.
Walking through Prague parks. My homeland was first heard on the island of many names
But even today we can see the stadium in films such as Thanks for Every New Morning, Friend in the Rain II – The Story of Brooklyn, The Goalkeeper in Our Street or Golden Catherine from 1934. The island itself can be seen in the series Murders in a Circle or in the criminal thriller Kájínek. , which is inspired by the life of one of the most famous Czech recidivists and pardoned prisoners.