MELANTRICH, VÁCLAVES SQUARE
Melantrich multipurpose building is located in the very centre of Prague - at Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí). The building dates back to 1913, when it was built to meet the needs of Melantrich publishing house. For 42 years, the Svobodné slovo newspaper, the Socialist Party magazines of that time, Melantrich and Lidové nakladatelství publishing houses resided in the building.
The building was built in the late Art Nouveau style and was named after Jiří Melantrich of Aventine, an important Czech Renaissance publisher.
The iconic balcony of Melantrich building saw Václav Havel give his first public speech on 21 November 1989. From that balcony, he addressed the 200 000 people who came to demonstrate at Wenceslas Square. Today, the building houses a Marks and Spencer store and, for the most part, apartments for rent.
VÁCLAV HAVEL
In the afternoon of November 21, 1989, a large number of people gathered on Wenceslas Square, according to some estimates up to 200,000. Free Word editor Petr Kučer managed to get the keys to the balcony in the Melantrich building. Before four o'clock, Václav Havel, accompanied by Civic Forum activists, left the U Řečických Gallery, where the temporary headquarters of the Forum were on Vodičková Street towards Wenceslas Square, the Lucerna Passage to Rococo and from there through the passage to the Melantrich building. Despite the initial opposition of the editors-in-chief of Svobodný slova and Lidové nakladatelství, to whom the balcony belonged, it was finally possible to penetrate it. Catholic dissident Václav Malý named Václav Havel the first speaker. who acquainted the participants with the existence, program and meaning of the Civic Forum. The crowd cheered and rioted.
Actors Rudolf also performed in an improvised program moderated by Václav Malý. Hrusinsky, Jiri. Bartoška, and others. Karel Gott's letter to Ladislav Adamc was read. The message of Francis Cardinal Tomášek, who condemned the operation on November 17, was also presented. and begged for a path of nonviolence. At the end of the first gathering, Marta Kubišová and with her the whole square sang the Czechoslovak national anthem from the balcony.
Sources: Václav Havel Library, Totalita.cz, Revolution (through the eyes) of Vladimír Hanzel
The text was created with the help of Michael Žantovský (Václav Havel Library)
Web: www.vaclavhavel.cz
Events: totalita.cz
SPECIFICATION
- Historic building
- Central security service
- Central security, access and monitoring systems
- Accommodation - apartments
- Marks and Spencer, Oasis City fitness club, and Centrum Tance dance school in the building
- Electronic fire detection and alarm system (FDAS)
LOCATION
Prague 1 – New Town
Near the Můstek and Muzeum metro stations of metro lines B and C, respectively
Near the Václavské náměstí tram stop
Near Prague’s throughway (magistrála)
CERTIFICATION
Building certification: BREEAM in use – Very good
ABOUT REICO
REICO NEMOVITOSTNÍ, otevřený podílový fond, managed by REICO investiční společností Erste Asset Management, a.s., with its Registered Office Prague 4, Antala Staška 2027/79, Postcode n.: 140 00, ID No. 275 67 117, registered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Municipal Court in Prague, Section B, Entry No. 10850.
REICO investiční společnost Erste Asset Management, a.s. (REICO IS ) was founded in Prague in 2006, as a 100% subsidiary of Erste Asset Management GmbH, part of the Austrian Erste Group AG based in Vienna.
The main activities of REICO IS include the management and administration of investment funds focusing on real estate, investment instruments on the capital markets, asset management, especially in the Czech Republic, but also in selected markets in Central Europe.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
SENIOR PROPERTY MANAGER
Lucie Košnářová
lucie.kosnarova@Savills.cz
FACILITY MANAGEMENT
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