The wall of John Lennon is located near the most tourist place. in Prague, near the Charles Bridge. The place is unexpectedly popular among tourists, especially young people. There are always a lot of people here, and bridge so do not overflow, especially in season. So It’s a lot that it’s hard to come up with a photo to wait.
The content of the article
- 1 Lennon Wall in Prague
- 2 Historical background
- 3 Information to visit
- 4 On the map
Lennon Wall in Prague
And what is surprising is that people do not turn around and do not leave, seeing such a crowd, waiting for each other for the sake of selfies or group photo.
This is a small wall about 30 meters long, on which there are many graffiti and portrayed several portraits of Lennon. I’m not particularly go into details, and did not try to read inscriptions and pictures, but I managed to look at the faces of other people and the inscriptions do not subject, such as “beer” and other nonsense.
From here I concluded that writing on Lennon’s Wall can be what Anyone and anyone. True, for your inscription you have to paint over the previous ones – every centimeter of the wall is painted here previous generations of tourists and Czechs.
Next to the wall is the small Lovers Bridge, which thrown over the Chertovka River, and on which couples in love traditionally hang locks. Immediately, on the shore, there is a pleasant cafe with view of the river and Charles Bridge. In general, a landmark can be interesting to fans of the Beatles and Lennon, as it is considered a cult place of worship for legendary performers.
Well, in terms of the modern history of the Czech Republic, the wall is symbol of freedom and place of remembrance of the protesting communist regime of the Czech Republic of the late 80s.
The wall of John Lennon in Prague
History reference
As they say in RuNet, Wall Lennon was originally something like Tsoi walls on the Old Arbat in Moscow. That is, the sample is not the most the best street art and at the same time – a cult place for fans creativity with all the consequences: garbage, drinking alcohol, candles and lamps, flowers and drunken fans.
The wall appeared in November 1980, then a year later it was painted over. as part of the ennobling of the city before the 14th Communist Congress parties of the Czech Republic, and from that moment people began to write fewer words about love and more about politics.
And the fan parties gradually developed into organized meetings of opponents of the communist regime. After the fall of the regime the wall continued to exist as a historical monument, recognized both by the townspeople of Prague and the city administration.
Information to visit
Access to the wall around the clock and free.
You can get to the Lennon wall in Prague by trams. №№ 12,15,20,22,23 and 97, stop Malostranské náměstí. Or at bus 192 to the stop with the same name.
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