Letenský zámeček
Neo-Renaissance villa turned beer garden below the hill where a colossal Stalin statue once stood.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Letenský zámeček in Prague opens on the hillside above the beer garden, where sculptor Otakar Švec spent over five years on a colossal granite Stalin, only to take his own life days before its 1955 unveiling. It follows the monument's brief, uneasy reign over the city, the nickname Prague residents gave it, and the fate of the electrician who modeled Stalin's face. Best enjoyed with a beer at a riverside table, looking up toward the slope where the statue once stood.
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