Praha
Hlavní mĕsto
Újezd 40, Malá Strana
(Tyršův dům, Budova tělocvičny)
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Reliéfy: Sokolský slib a Tělocvičný ruch
Reliefs: The Sokol Oath and Gymnastic Activity
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Jaroslav Brůha
1939-1940
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Description
Two large sandstone reliefs of 4 x 6 meters on the wall of the gymnasium of the Sokol building.
Sokolský slib - The Sokol Oath
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Tělocvičný ruch - Gymnastic activity
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The Sokol movement (Sokol = falcon) is an all-age gymnastics organization founded in Prague in the Czech lands of Austria-Hungary in 1862 by Miroslav Tyrš and Jindřich Fügner. It was based upon the principle of "a strong mind in a sound body".
Signature
Relief I: brůha; Relief II: jb
Artist
- Jaroslav Brůha (Praha 1889 - Praha 1969), Czech sculptor and medallist (Wikipedia – Biography).
Sources & Information
- Pamětkový Katalog, tělocvična.
- Wikipedia, Tyršův dům.
- Ahoj aus Prag!, Turnen für die Freiheit.
- Jas: Rodinný ilustrovaný nepolitický týdeník. Praha: Nakladatelství a knihkupectví Československé obce sokolské, 10.5.1940, 14(19), p. 299.
Tags
Location (N 50°5'1" - E 14°24'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: czpr105; Photograph: 7 July 2026
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