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When John Lennon was shot (and killed) in 1980, young Czechs started an impromptu shrine to him on the wall of this garden. Perhaps shrine is too grand a word for it, as it is little more than a series of graffiti. At first the Police and the walls owners got rather upset, but after many years had gone past, I think they realised defeat and decided if you can’t beat them, join them. It therefore became legal to graffiti this wall!
Some of the graffiti is not too bad, although quite a bit of it is just scribble. One of my pictures here shows the yellow submarine, although there is further graffiti on top. Another picture shows John Lennon. The general theme is “Give peace a Chance”, so when I was there in August 1995, there was quite a lot of commentary on the Iraq War. Leave a Comment Directions: Kampa, Lesser Town.
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Prior to 1989 when communism ruled, pop music was not really allowed, indeed some musicians were actually jailed for playing it! This wall for whatever reason became a place where the youth of Prague must have written things. When John Lennon was murdered he became a sort of hero to some of the young and his picture was painted on the wall, along with graffiti which the police kept trying to remove but which did not deter the young from doing again. In 1998 the wall was whitewashed but apparently it didnt last long and I should imagine that it will be a symbol forever more of the freedom that they now have. Leave a Comment Address: Velkoprevorske NamestiDirections: Kampa, Lesser Town. Over Charles Bridge to the Castle side. Turn left into Lazenska, pass by the Church of Our Lady below the Chain, turn left and it is there opposite the French Embassy
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The wall of John Lennon is set of forehead the French embassy. After his death the ex-Beatles has become a fate of pacifist hero for the young Czech in years when the western music was forbidden. The secret police has never succeeded in holding it clean. Today it entertains banal writings memory left by the visitors. Leave a Comment Address: Velkoprevorske Namesti, Mala StranaDirections: Kampa, Lesser Town.
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During Prague's period of Communism, after John Lennon died in 1980, activists started scribbling graffiti in the form of Beatles lyrics and odes to Lennon on a wall to defy the authorities. The wall was painted over many times but the graffiti kept showing up. The last time the wall was painted over was 1998, so all of the graffiti is new.
You can find some interesting slogans and art on the wall if you look hard enough. Leave a Comment Address: Velkoprevorske Namesti, Mala Strana
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This became known as the John Lennon wall since the violent death of John Lennon in 1980, Prague youth established a grafitti tribute to the ex - beatle. It is a site where now you can leave your messages of peace. Leave a Comment Directions: Kampa, Lesser Town.
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If you're a John Lennon fan, like I am, you have to see this wall. It looks just like another graffiti-filled wall but this one is a tribute. An outlet for Czech youths to express their views back in the communist days. It might change a bit from time to time but the message is still there... Give Peace A Chance.
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Don't miss this glorious graffity wall in Kampa...but it won't look exactly like this! I believe it gets painted over occasionally to make room for new art. My boyfriend took this picture in 2001; when we came back there in 2002, the wall looked completely different. Leave a Comment
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At first glance the Lennon Wall is like any graffiti-covered wall you see the world over. But when you learn about the history of the wall, you do appreaciate it more. At the time of John Lennon's death, Czechoslovakia was still under communist rule, and the Czech people had few outlets to express their disenchantment with their lack of freedom. Leave a Comment Directions: Kampa, Lesser Town.
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In Mala Strana, near the French Embassy, you'll see the John Lennon Wall. The wall was started soon after the assassination of the singer in 1980. At that time his music was forbidden in the Czech Republic because it was praising freedom that didn't exist here. So the Prague youth dedicated this wall to John Lennon and of course the police didn't like it. They even placed cameras to monitor who was coming there to arrest them. It is a symbol of the fight of the youth against the regime....
Apparently this is not the original though. Leave a Comment Directions: Mala Strana
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If you want to know the entire history of the John Lennon wall, check out the link below which gives a lot of information.
Basically this wall was the focus of anti-communist sentiment up until the Velvet Revolution, centred around a mock tombstone for John Lennon after his death (although the musician never visited Prague). Sadly the original graffiti has many times been whitewashed, but the spirit of the wall lives on as a mouthpiece for Prague's youth (and these days, the odd tourist). Leave a Comment
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