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Architecture - Empire style
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  • By german_eagle on March 28, 2005
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  • Facade on Sokolovske square - Liberec
    Facade on Sokolovske
    square
    by german_eagle
    A bit west of the town hall, on the square where the St. Antonius church is located, you'll see some beautiful houses in Empire style (19th century). They would make a great ensemble of architecture - if they were restored.

    Unfortunately, almost all houses in the area are in pitiable condition. And, in case one of them looks a bit nicer and you get closer, you'll notice the lack of craftmanship of restoration.

    However, it's interesting for fans of architecture.

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    Architecture - Art Nouveau
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  • By german_eagle on March 28, 2005
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  • Facade in Prazska ul. - Liberec
    Facade in Prazska ul.
    by german_eagle
    The city centre is pedestrian zone. From the Market square (Nam. Dr. E. Benese) with the town hall down to Soukenne Nam. leads a narrow street called Prazska.

    The street is very narrow and so you'll have problems to take good photos. Anyway, I enjoyed the facades of the townhouses very much - mostly from the turn of 19th/20th century. Some of them are beautiful Art Nouveau style, pretty much influenced by Prague and Vienna.

    Almost all houses are beautifully restored, an exception in Liberec ... but don't have a look in the backyards :-)

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    Reichenau & Sudetenland
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  • By globetrott on December 14, 2003
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    Liberec / Reichenau had a majority of German speaking inhabitants at 1938, when it became the administrative capital of the " Sudetenland " that was occupied by Germany during the 2nd WW.
    Most of the Czech population had to leave the town immediately, being expelled by the german troops...
    After WW II the germans were expelled from Liberec, and lost all of their properties there.

    On my pic : A detail of the streetlamp in front of the theatre in Liberec....

    ....The lamp was constructed in times when Reichenau was part of the Austrian empire, a lamp that saw Germans&Austrians come and go - it saw the communists come and go - and it still looks great today, looking forward to the times when Czechia,Austria and Germany are part of the EU...

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    Remains of a glorious past
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  • Updated By globetrott on December 14, 2003
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    At some places of Liberec / Reichenberg you may still see the glory and prosperity of the times around the end of the 19th century, the time, when architects from Vienna were ordered to build more or less copies of buildings of Vienna.
    On my pic is " Kavarna Posta " , a traditional " Wiener Kaffeehaus " , where people went to spend the afternoon, sipping a coffee, reading lots of newspapers and meeting friends and business-partners.

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    Hotel Praha
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  • By globetrott on December 14, 2003
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    In the side-entrance of Hotel Praha you may see this lovely Art Nouveau fountain - a relict of better times at the end of the 19th century.
    Unfortunately I could not find any more infos about the artist in any of my books.
    Detailed guide-books about Czechia " Off the beaten paths " are unfortunately quite rare still and hardly to be found.

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    Houses with Arcades
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  • By globetrott on December 14, 2003
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    Almost all houses of the townsquare have these great arcades that allow shopping and walking any time without getting wet on a rainy day.

    Many restaurants use these arcades as well for their garden-restaurants - a great place to watch people go by on the boulevads of Liberec...

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    Destination all year
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  • By peter_dimov on October 31, 2004
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  • Liberec - City hall square (Benešovo Nam.) - Liberec
    Liberec - City hall square
    (Benešovo Nam.)
    by peter_dimov
    Well, which to start with... they're so much. At least I can say that here everything is on its right place. Liberec is a very green city and it's built on several hills. This makes it look very fresh and attractive. Here comes also the beautiful architecture from different styles. And so on.

    Best memory... all about this place where I felt great. What do I miss most? Everything.

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    Attractive
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  • Updated By AndyRG on December 18, 2002
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  • A city in a forest or a forest in a city? - Liberec
    A city in a forest or a forest
    in a city?
    by AndyRG
    It is the largest city of northern Bohemia, noted for its textile industry and exhibition fairs. At the end of the last century, a high neo-renaiss Town Hall was built in the town centre.
    Old timbered houses can be seen at Vetrna Street. The town and Jested mountain (1012m) are connected by cableway (about 10 ski-lifts on the Jested slopes).

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    Liberec - the 3rd largest city in Czechia
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  • By globetrott on December 14, 2003
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    Liberec / Reichenau is the 3rd largest city in Czechia today with about 100.000 inhabitants.
    It is Czechia's centre of Wool- and Textile-production. In 1906 Lidove Sady, Bohemia's first Zoo was built in Liberec.

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    Old town of Liberec
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  • By Irinka on December 26, 2004
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